What Are You Reading ?

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That isn't a pic of my edition but the only one I could find. Interesting story. I was in a used book store back years ago. Saw a set of Coopers works (32 volumes). Not sure how much I paid for them. Over the years I pick one out. Not even half way through them. This set was published in the 1930's and they have never been read. I know this because I have to cut the pages before I read. Hard to explain, but about every 5 pages are still bound to the next pages, so I have to seperate those in order to turn the pages. I'm no book publishing expert but I was told that is how books were printed in those days. Amazing to me these books are in this condition.

As far as the book, this is one of his lesser known works and I thought it was pretty good. A look into the judicial system in the mid 1800's via the trial of a young woman charged with arson, robbery and murder. A lot of the same questions come up about the process that we still struggle with today, jury selection, corruption via payoffs and lawyers deciding whether to really defend an obviously guilty client. In the end the defendant was acquited as one of the supposedly murdered victims appears in the court room as the guilty verdict is being read. All other charges were dismissed. Her lawyer develops a passion for his client and proposes but is rejected in the end. Poor guy! All that work for nothin'

Grade - B

Next up - Locked In The Cabinet by Robert Reich