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Dale Earnhardt Sr #3 Historical Series Wrangler Jeans Blue & Yellow 1985 Camaro Outlaw Late Model Xtreme Showdown Of Champions Series Action Racing Collectibles 1/24 Scale Limited Edition
$43.33
Dale Earnhardt Sr #3 Historical Series Wrangler Jeans Blue & Yellow 1985 Camaro Outlaw Late Model Xtreme Showdown Of Champions Series Action Racing Collectibles 1/24 Scale Limited Edition...EARNHARDT DROVE THIS # 3 WRANGLER LATE MODEL CHEVROLET CAMARO ON THE SHOWDOWN OF CHAMPIONS SERIES. IN SUMMER OF 1985, HE WON FIVE OF SIX RACES AND CAPTURED THE SERIES CHAMPIONSHIP. EARNHARDT REPEATED THE FEAT THE FOLLOWING YEAR, WINNING FIVE OF SIX SHOWDOWN OF CHAMPIONS RACES AND ANOTHER CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE

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Defoe on Sheppard and Wild: The True and Genuine Account of the Life and Actions of the Late Jonathan Wild by Daniel Defoe (Lives That Never Grow Old)
$16.50
In his introduction, the editor gives his ratings for the authenticity of these pieces as works of Defoe. In the first (Jack Shephard) piece he rates it as not being by Defoe, the second (Jack Shephard again) as being possibly by Defoe, and the third (Jonathon Wild) as being definitely by Defoe.

Well I see everything the wrong way round! The first Jack Shephard piece is obviously by Defoe, and it is easy to see from reading it why an established and successful author like Defoe should take an interest in the subject. It is a fine work of journalistic art written by someone who is used to writing such. I like the way that the humour accumulates and Jack Shephard's audacious character and wit emerges through it. Hackwork this is definitely NOT.

The second piece about Jack Shephard is obviously by Shephard himself, and Defoe may well have had a hand in giving him the pen and paper for it because it resolves the astounding mystery of his escape from the Castle and effectively completes the first piece. I like the way that Shephard's natural wit becomes a little self-conscious and mannered with pen and paper. But it is a nice read, perhaps due to Defoe's editoring.

Together their coverage of Shephard's life is a perfect and complete work of journalistic art worthy of Defoe, and it is a vivid portrait of the subject and his London. It is a biography-autobiography and so it resmbles The Storm in character.

But I don't think that Defoe wrote the Jonathon Wild piece. It could have been written by any good lawyer or journalist and there is nothing in it to show why a successful literary artist like Defoe should be doing it. It is good hackwork. It repeats itself over an important point in a way that is clumsy and lacks Defoe's perfection of form, and its attitude to Christian principles is demur and Defoe's never was. The Jonathon Wild piece is certainly worth having and it is historically valuable, but it doesn't seem like Defoe's and it is not great literature.

I like the cover design but I wish the typeface was bigger and printed black.

Too Late the Hero [VHS]
$5.99
Just finished watching this pro-war movie. I thought it was surprisingly good. The fake anti-war beginning gets taken over by the pro-war middle and end. As usual, you have the "i hate the army/navy" soldier/sailor, but in the end, their true heroism comes out. This is one of those movies that gives buddy war movies a good name. And pro-war movies. Cain and Robertson play off each other pretty good. I like 50s, 60s, & 70s Britiss actors just to listen to their accents(Burton, O'Toole, Harris, etc.) It's hard to imagine getting such a crappy mission with only 1 day before a 4-week leave period for Robertson. It is said that it had a message to tell about the Vietnam War at the time, but Robertsond and Cain play the "die for my country" heroes just with the right amount of cynicism and patriotism. Worth watching, at least once, to instill pride in the sailors and solders of the US and the UK during WWII and Vietnam.