RADIO INTERVIEW ON "THE EAST RIVER RIPPER"

Yesterday, August 23, 2021, I did an interview on the True Murders radio show with Dan Zupansky. The subject of the interview was my newest book, The East River Ripper.  Here is a link to the interview: TRUE MURDER: THE MOST SHOCKING KILLERS.

 

"THE EAST RIVER RIPPER" NOW BEING DELIVERED: AUTOGRAPHED BOOKPLATE AVAILABLE

 

Copies of The East River Ripper are now being delivered by Amazon and, I presume, also by Barnes & Noble and Books-A-Million. They can also be ordered from the Kent State University Press.

To celebrate the publication of this book, I am offering a free personalized bookplate bearing my signature to anyone purchasing the book. The plate will read: 

"To [your name here]: I hope you enjoy reading The East River Ripper: The Mysterious 1891 Murder of Old Shakespeare as much as I enjoyed writing it. Signed: George R. Dekle Sr."

The bookplate will be 8.5" by 5.5" with an adhesive backing and will fit nicely inside the front cover of the book.

If you would like to have such a bookplate, email me your address and a proof of purchase at bobdeklebooks@gmail.com, and I will send you the bookplate at no cost to you. (An example of a proof of purchase would be a screenshot of the shopping cart for the online bookstore where you purchase the book).

This offer is good through December 31, 2021.

If you would like for me to send you an autographed bookplate

ADVANCE COPY OF "THE EAST RIVER RIPPER"

I just got my advanced copy of The East River Ripper: The Mysterious 1891Murder of Old Shakespeare, due out at the end of August. Here is a picture of the back cover.

TRANSCRIBING THE LINDBERGH KIDNAPPING CASE: SUSPENDING THE PROJECT

Some time I embarked on the project of trying to transcribe the 4,000+ pages of the Lindbergh Kidnapping Trial. No good transcript of the trial was readily available, and I thought it would be helpful for those interested in the case to actually read the testimony of the witnesses.

It soon became clear that I had taken on a monumental task for someone who is not the best typist in the world. I stalled at the testimony of the handwriting examiners and took a hiatus of over a year. When I returned to the project, I discovered that the trial transcript had been published on Kindle.

The transcript comes in three volumes, each costing $2.99. I immediately bought the three volumes. Anyone who wishes to have access to the trial testimony now has a simple, inexpensive vehicle for accessing it. For this reason, I am suspending my project of transcribing the trial. 

Here are links to the three volumes:

VOLUME ONE

VOLUME TWO

VOLUME THREE

ROYAL PALM LITERARY AWARD

I just received word that I am a semi-finalist in the Florida Writers Association's Royal Palm Literary Award category of short nonfiction for a book review of mine that was published in the "Journal of the Abraham Lincoln Association." You can read the book review here:  http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.2629860.0041.213