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Running with Dillinger Reviews

Since everyone else seems to be blogging today, I could not help but feel left out so I’m jumping into the fun by letting you know about a couple of recent brilliant reviews of Edward Butts’ Running with Dillinger, a book filled with chapters on various Canadian outlaws of the past.

Let’s hop to the reviews — first up! The folks at The Midwest Book Review noted:

“Running with Dillinger: The Story of Red Hamilton and Other Forgotten Canadian Outlaws” is a must for any Canadian history colelction who wants a look at Canada’s famous lawbreakers and hoodlums — and for anyone who wants to see the Maple Leaf in a different light.”
– Midwest Book Review

Seeing that it was only Canada Day a couple of days ago, I wonder what these outlaws were doing on Canada Day back then?

Next up — Paul Challen of the Quill and Quire pointed out:

“Because most of the criminals and crimes Butts covers will be relatively obscure even to diehard Canadian history buffs, the book benefits from a heavy dose of novelty. And Butts’ approach of combining examinations of the crimes ith the subsequent police investigations and trials gives some excellent context to the various robberies and murders without glorifying the crimes themselves.

This carefully researched work will appeal to fans of Canadian true crime who have enjoyed such books as Adrian Humphreys’ The Enforcer and Antonio Nicaso’s Rocco Perri: The Story of Canada’s Most Notorious Bootlegger.” — Paul Challen, Quili and Quire

So if you happen to be psyched and keen on reading more about Red Hamilton and a few other prominent Canadian outlaws of the past — you can check out sample chapters over at the book’s micro website.

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