Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/01/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 1:38 PM -0800 on 1/9/98, Gabe wrote: > Hi there. I'm having a bit of trouble finding the BLACK STAR BOOK at > any stores in my area. My Costco didn't carry it. If anyone has any > ideas, let me know. As of this evening, the Borders in Palo Alto had one copy left of the Black Star book. But it's gone now. It's on my table. Great book, incidentally. I had actually seen it at bookstores before but never even noticed the title. The book was invisible to me because it had Fred's photo of Kennedy on the jacket. It's a perfectly fine photograph, but it makes the book look like yet another book about the Kennedys. I have nothing against the Kennedys, but there surely have been an awful lot of Kennedy hagiographies and I can't help but wonder if possibly this is why it was remaindered -- I think people have perhaps hit saturation with coverage of the Kennedys and like me, they may have taken the book for a Kennedy hagiography. On the other hand, the book is just filled with compelling and beautifully printed B+W photos, which would have drawn me to it immediately had one been on the cover. - -Patrick