Reading "The Old Leather Man"

demaydemay Posts: 67
edited February 2010 in The Porch
...will be a problem if you're not in New England, NY, or Des Moines. You can amazon it, sure, but your local public libraries outside of those areas I mentioned don't seem to carry it, according to Worldcat.org. If you like, you can ask your library to do an interlibrary loan and you should be able to get it for little or no charge. It's mostly held at University libraries, so students will have a better chance of getting it.

Okay, good luck,

Derrick
your local PJ loving Librarian.
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  • 8181 Posts: 58,276
    nice job.

    i checked the local library here and it's not stocked.
    81 is now off the air

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  • ALRIGHT! Des Moines actually has something other cities don't!!!
  • my library doesn't have it either.
    i'm going to suggest it.
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  • usamamasan1usamamasan1 Posts: 4,695
    brother gotsta make a living too. I think I will buy a copy and support the artist :)
  • t0mMyet0mMye Posts: 821
    Got it in Dubuque..Iowa is setting the trend here folks! lol
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  • oona leftoona left Posts: 1,677
    ALRIGHT! Des Moines actually has something other cities don't!!!

    Des Moines is home of the Iowa Cubs. What more could you want?!
  • grizahamgrizaham Posts: 338
    Whats a library???

    Is that like a Kendall??
    Seen PJ 21 times live from 1994-2019

  • brother gotsta make a living too. I think I will buy a copy and support the artist :)


    :)
    i would too, but books just collect dust if i buy them. only read em once.
    plus i figure it may help the trees if i go to the library.
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  • 8181 Posts: 58,276
    oona left wrote:
    ALRIGHT! Des Moines actually has something other cities don't!!!

    Des Moines is home of the Iowa Cubs. What more could you want?!

    a winning franchise. :lol:
    81 is now off the air

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  • oona leftoona left Posts: 1,677
    81 wrote:
    oona left wrote:
    ALRIGHT! Des Moines actually has something other cities don't!!!

    Des Moines is home of the Iowa Cubs. What more could you want?!

    a winning franchise. :lol:

    And a good left fielder. Shit...
  • :( oh poo....

    "Thank you for your request. Although we do try to accommodate customer requests, unfortunately the item you requested does not fit within the scope and mission of the library collection due to content, publication date, and/or intended audience. If you would like to request this item through our Interlibrary Loan process, please contact the Telephone Reference Desk at *******, or speak to a library staff member during your next visit."
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  • i got my library to order it. yey!
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  • Google has probably archived it so you could read it on your puter keendall iphone or whatever. Worth a shot.
  • good idea
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  • can you find it at Barnes and Noble bookstores? I haven't looked for it yet at a bookstore. may have to order it off Amazon with a credit card I don't have. :( guess I'll have to ask mum for another favor. :D wait!? is it even on Amazon?
  • lockedlocked Posts: 4,038
    I bagged a copy from the library...

    I have to warn you...

    it is LLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONG and Boooorrring!

    Like a 10 year research project submitted into a binder.

    You get the basics of Old Leatherman in a handful of stories... the majority of the book reads like a rehash of the same seven stories with painstaking passages from old newspapers... and tons of old street maps...

    This story could be told better... probably should be told better...

    IMO..

    :roll:
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  • spoilers!









    I’m gonna ramble.

    Leather man became a type of celebrity. People even made up stories about him. Wonder if Ed has any connection to that?
    He seemed not to like to talk. So why tramp around towns? Was he not self sufficient enough to live in the woods 24/7.
    He gives out money at times. where did he get the money? Was there really somebody looking for him from France to give him all that money, and that’s what he handed out?
    Did he kill himself? There were bruises on his head.

    I liked the book. It reminded me of that special on the Civil War where people actually read people’s accounts.
    Really liked the pictures in the back.

    I feel bad he got cancer on his lip. What a way to go.
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