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Douglas Caddy Posted April 15, 2020 Author Share Posted April 15, 2020 Daniel Hopsicker wrote on Facebook today: Did y'all know the Kennedy assassination was solved by two sportswriters--Bud Shrake and Gary Cartwright-- from Dallas who never got invited to a single assassination researcher's conference? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony Thorne Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 (edited) Both guys knew Ruby, apparently. From an Amazon review. “The strength of the book is capturing the selfishness of the era.Rarely have more self-absorbed characters been put on print. The one of the great pleasures of the book is identifying the real life parallels. John Lee is Shrake himself. Buster is Gary Cartwright. Jingo, the star stripper, is the Jago,Ruby's star attraction. Big Earl and Little Earl are H.L. Hunt and Hassie Hunt. Clint Murchison, the owner of the Dallas Cowboys, Cowboys' QB Don Meredith,Shrake's literary twin Dan Jenkins, and North Dallas Forty author Peter Gent all show up in various incarnations.” Edited April 15, 2020 by Anthony Thorne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James DiEugenio Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 Is it a novel or is it a profile of the city? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Douglas Caddy Posted April 15, 2020 Author Share Posted April 15, 2020 Linda Minor wrote on Facebook today: "Did you know Bud Shrake lived ‘in sin’ for almost 20 years with Texas Governor Ann Richards?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony Thorne Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 Jim, it’s a novel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony Thorne Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 (edited) 1975 Gary Cartwright article on Ruby. Some colourful stuff, and a few too many Warren Commission supporters quoted for my tastes. https://www.texasmonthly.com/politics/who-was-jack-ruby/ Article on Bud Shrake, mentioning his novel. https://www.thewittliffcollections.txstate.edu/research/a-z/shrake.html Edited April 15, 2020 by Anthony Thorne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Andrews Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, Anthony Thorne said: 1975 Gary Cartwright article on Ruby. Some colourful stuff, and a few too many Warren Commission supporters quoted for my tastes. https://www.texasmonthly.com/politics/who-was-jack-ruby/ Written in the "I saw it all, but search me as to what happened!" style of small-city reporters unto this very day. Damn if he knows what went down. A mystery forever. Edited April 15, 2020 by David Andrews Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James DiEugenio Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 Texas Monthly is one of the very worst publications ever on the JFK case. Among other things, they published Ron Rosenbaum's hatchet job on the critics back in 1983, "Still on the Case". That got that jerk Rosenbaum a gig on Nightline. Which jump started his national career. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Bulman Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 On 4/14/2020 at 9:25 PM, Douglas Caddy said: Linda Minor wrote on Facebook today: "Did you know Bud Shrake lived ‘in sin’ for almost 20 years with Texas Governor Ann Richards?" I did not know this. Never saw anything about it in Texas Monthly or the Statesman. True? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Bulman Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 23 hours ago, James DiEugenio said: Texas Monthly is one of the very worst publications ever on the JFK case. Among other things, they published Ron Rosenbaum's hatchet job on the critics back in 1983, "Still on the Case". That got that jerk Rosenbaum a gig on Nightline. Which jump started his national career. Yeah, they used Hugh Aynesworth for their feature article on the 50th. I'd read Destiny Betrayed well before that point. I let my subscription expire. Until last year. They offered a really cheap subscription and are interesting on some other state related topics. I know to take the politics with a grain of salt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James DiEugenio Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 That is amazing that they used Aynesworth on the 50th. I mean that guy has been exposed for decades on end and an intel asset. And he lies about it. To me for the Texas Monthly to do that is sort of like saying, "Yes, we know the guy is an asset, but we are in this way too deep and cannot reverse course." What a disgrace. https://kennedysandking.com/john-f-kennedy-articles/hugh-aynesworth-never-quits Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Andrews Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 (edited) It's amazing how many reporters reminiscing from the cusp of retirement can't distinguish a hole in the ground from other objects: https://davisclipper.com/the-gary-gilmore-saga-part-ii-p6508-103.htm "I’ve never read the book. It’s actually on my reading list for this year." Edited April 16, 2020 by David Andrews Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Douglas Caddy Posted April 16, 2020 Author Share Posted April 16, 2020 10 hours ago, Ron Bulman said: I did not know this. Never saw anything about it in Texas Monthly or the Statesman. True? This was Linda's Minor's reply on Facebook to what Hopsicker said in the quotation about Shrake and Cartwright that I cited previously in this thread. Linda is the best and most accurate researcher I have ever known. She used to be or may still be a member of this forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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