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Postby PonyKai » Wed Jun 20, 2007 11:41 am

If anyone wants to pick up a copy of David Whitworth's book, it's on Ebay for $4.50. Only 40 dollars less than it's going for on Amazon.

http://cgi.ebay.com/1989-Book-A-PAYROLL ... dZViewItem
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Postby smupony94 » Wed Jun 20, 2007 11:47 am

$4.50??? I was cheated when I paid $5 from the Harris County library. For some reason it had never been checked out.
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Postby Mustangs35SMU » Thu Jun 21, 2007 1:22 am

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Postby that's great raplh » Thu Jun 21, 2007 8:05 pm

awesome book
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Postby ALEX LIFESON » Thu Jun 21, 2007 8:56 pm

Yeah, for some morbid reason, I read it again about a year ago, and I got in an elevator with Sherwood Blunt the very next day. Kind of surreal moment.
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Postby PonyKai » Thu Jun 21, 2007 9:59 pm

ALEX LIFESON wrote:Yeah, for some morbid reason, I read it again about a year ago, and I got in an elevator with Sherwood Blunt the very next day. Kind of surreal moment.


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Postby smupony94 » Thu Jun 21, 2007 10:08 pm

that's great raplh wrote:awesome book


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Postby tmustangp » Fri Jun 22, 2007 3:26 am

Read it ... it is fantastic, i have read it several times.. let a friend borrow it and have never got it back.. It is a very frustrating book to read though..
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Postby NavyCrimson » Fri Jun 22, 2007 8:27 am

...It is a very frustrating book to read though...

That's because it's not entirely accurate. In fact, quite low on the scale.
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Postby tmustangp » Fri Jun 22, 2007 2:59 pm

I just have to ask.. Why would he go through all that trouble of writing a book and not be as accurate as possible? please tell me what was inaccurate... I am fascinated by the scandal..
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Postby ThadFilms » Fri Jun 22, 2007 3:08 pm

tmustangp wrote:I just have to ask.. Why would he go through all that trouble of writing a book and not be as accurate as possible? please tell me what was inaccurate... I am fascinated by the scandal..


Me too. I'd love to know the flaws. One day I hope to make a movie/mini-series about the events.

And thanks Stlhockeyguy02 .... I just might have to put in a bid! I checked it out from the SMU library a few years back. I think I was the first person to check it out in more than a decade.
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Postby smupony94 » Fri Jun 22, 2007 3:22 pm

ThadFilms wrote:
tmustangp wrote:I just have to ask.. Why would he go through all that trouble of writing a book and not be as accurate as possible? please tell me what was inaccurate... I am fascinated by the scandal..


Me too. I'd love to know the flaws. One day I hope to make a movie/mini-series about the events.

And thanks Stlhockeyguy02 .... I just might have to put in a bid! I checked it out from the SMU library a few years back. I think I was the first person to check it out in more than a decade.


I got mine from the Harris County library via Amazon
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Postby mr. pony » Fri Jun 22, 2007 3:42 pm

Some guy named Ochs did a documentary about five years ago on the subject and entered it in the Dallas Video Festival. He was a student.

Afterward he said he'd be glad to send me a copy, then vanished from the face of the earth. (I didn't ask, he just offered.)

I think it was called, "Life After Death" or something like that, and it featured interviews with Dale Hansen, Forrest Gregg, maybe Randy Galloway and lots of game footage.

Pretty gut-wrenching when Gregg says he'd seen lots of things in his life, but one thing he never, ever thought he'd see was the breakup of the SWC.
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Postby KnuckleStang » Fri Jun 22, 2007 6:50 pm

Looks like he hasn't logged in in a while. Anybody care to leave him a comment?

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Postby mr. pony » Fri Jun 22, 2007 8:01 pm

Well, it shows he still has 19 friends.
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