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The Quest For Jack the Ripper (Whittington-Egan)
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The Quest For Jack the Ripper (Whittington-Egan)
Author: Bob Hinton
Saturday, 23 November 2002 - 05:55 am |        | Dear Stewart,
Thank God for that. I thought my feeble powers of comprehension were being rapidly eroded as I couldn't make any sense of the previous couple of posts!
Bob |
Author: judith stock
Saturday, 23 November 2002 - 10:02 am | | ABSOLUTELY, Stewart, thank God for THAT! I'm glad you caught that, because I couldn't make out just exactly WHAT we were discussing! Since this is Mr W-E's book, I THOUGHT Ivor and I were talking about that..... OBVIOUSLY, I have lost what's left of my mind! WHEW!! What a relief! THANKS, for figuring out what was going on.
AND, IVOR, I apologise for arguing with you...we were talking about two different things.
Thanks, Stewart!
J |
Author: Ivor Edwards
Saturday, 23 November 2002 - 11:21 am | | | Hi Judith, I am glad that mistake has been sorted out I was indeed referring to The Mammoth Book of Jack the Ripper and as the old saying goes, all is well that ends well. |
Author: Stan Russo
Saturday, 23 November 2002 - 11:46 am | | Stewart, Ivor, Judith,
Would it be possible to explain the major errors from The Mammoth Book of 'JTR'?
STAN |
Author: Stewart P Evans
Saturday, 23 November 2002 - 12:23 pm | | Stan,
It is some time since I read The Mammoth Book of Jack the Ripper, but I noticed several mistakes as I read it, without noting them down. I will not be re-reading it to list them.
The basic text of the book reveals some errors repeated from other Ripper books that were obviously used as reference works, thus showing the source used.
All I can suggest is that, if you have the time, you check through it yourself for mistakes.
Stewart |
Author: spaceyram
Saturday, 23 November 2002 - 01:40 pm | | Stewart, Ivor, Judith etc
I am not sure if my last message got through.
But it looks as though Judith and myself were
getting confused with one another, judith - julie.
Yes it was the Mammoth Book of Jack the Ripper
that I was referring to.
Sorry if I caused confusion, but I have now
rectified the name confusion by reverting back
to original pen name.
This book is informative and gives the reader
various Jacks to choose from, however it does not
compare in any way shape or form, to the information book of them all. "The Ultimate Jack the Ripper Companion. The SOURCE of all sources. |
Author: Ivor Edwards
Saturday, 23 November 2002 - 03:44 pm | | | Stan, Straight from the top of my head you will find many mistakes on D'Onston alone.I remember them because I was amazed that so many mistakes could be written on one suspect.As Stewart stated other mistakes are indeed to be found throughout the book. |
Author: judith stock
Sunday, 24 November 2002 - 11:10 am | | My apologies to all; the mistake was mine in not checking which book everyone was discussing. I assumed it was the book in the title of this thread. That said, I can agree totally with Stewart and Ivor, in that there are tons of mistakes in the MAMMOTH, each one drawn from any number of sources, but NONE of which were primary. To all within earshot: read, but DO NOT believe all you read in this one!
Cheers,
J |
Author: Warwick Parminter
Sunday, 24 November 2002 - 03:14 pm | | Hello Spacey,
well I think it's been pretty well established that I gave you bum information on The Mammoth Book of Jack the Ripper, I'm sorry about that, but my opinion of it was the same as yours. I suppose that now when I read a passage and I know it's not so, I don't dwell on it too much, I just think "wrong" and leave it and forget it, as I said it's a kind of a reference book, you read it through once, but I really don't remember the last time I read through. I do suppose you will know the slip-ups when you come across them, and allow for them. Please excuse.
All the Best Rick |
Author: spaceyram
Sunday, 24 November 2002 - 04:51 pm | | Hi Rick,
I forgive you, hundreds wouldn't, but I do.
I am surprised to hear that there are so many
errors in this book, since the bulk of the book
is written by the authors of books bearing the
same stories. I do of course realize that some
of the exerpts are utter B.S., as opposed to
errors. I guess I am more gullible than I
realized.
What than could you have possibly thought of the
book Jack the Ripper by Mark Daniel. The author
puts the story forth based on Godley's story
to the author's father. There are four different
endings and I'll be honest I really believed
that one of these endings was, the person that Godley stated was indeed Jack the ripper. Without Doubt, Jack the Ripper. I guess I was duped, but
I really liked Godley and felt that the different
endings were given so that he would not betray his
oath as a man of the law, and left the true ending
up to the person receiving the story.I bet that I
am wrong again.
Oh well, here I was sure that I was not just
another pretty face in the crowd as I hear far too
often, and consider sexist.I guess if the shoe
fits, I had better wear it.
Thanks,spaceyram |
Author: David Radka
Tuesday, 26 November 2002 - 02:51 pm | | Stephen,
My reference librarian has written me that she has exhausted all possibilities available to her, and she cannot find hide nor hair of Whittington-Egan's book. She suggests that I attempt to obtain the ISBN of the book, to give her something to go on. Therefore I would greatly appreciate it if you would post on this thread the ISBN, per your hard copy of the book you hold for resale at this time.
If Mr. Ryder does not so post, I would greatly appreciate it if any other person would kindly help me in my search for this book. Thank you.
David |
Author: Spryder
Tuesday, 26 November 2002 - 02:57 pm | | David, you're confusing the two books. "Quest for Jack the Ripper" has not been published yet, though a few people have read early galleys of it. "A Casebook on Jack the Ripper", the fore-runner to "Quest" which was published in the 1970s, is the book whose library locations I listed in my previous post, and which I currently have for sale on the Casebook.
As far as I know, Quest does not yet have an ISBN. |
Author: David Radka
Tuesday, 26 November 2002 - 03:17 pm | | "A Casebook on Jack the Ripper." That is the title. I would like to obtain a copy of this from the library. My reference librarian says that she needs the ISBN of this book in order to obtain it for me. If anyone, anywhere, has got this information, I would greatly appreciate it. I will give you recognition in the acknowledgements section of my thesis paper on the case. Thank you very much.
David |
Author: Spryder
Tuesday, 26 November 2002 - 03:27 pm | | My copy of "Casebook" does not have an ISBN, and it appears that it was published in the days before ISBNs. (It does have a Library of Congress number, however - 76-383615).
Here is the full output of OCLC/FirstSearch for this title. Your librarian should find this to be more than enough information.
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A casebook on Jack the Ripper /
Richard Whittington-Egan
1975
English Book xvii, 174 p. ; 19 cm.
London : Wildy and Sons Ltd,
Libraries that Own Item: 25
CA CALIFORNIA STATE UNIV, SACRAMENTO CSA
CA SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIV LIBR CSF
CA STANFORD UNIV LIBR STF
CA UNIV OF CALIFORNIA, HASTINGS COL CUH
CA UNIV OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO CUS
DC LIBRARY OF CONGRESS DLC
IL UNIV OF CHICAGO CGU
LA TULANE UNIV, LAW LIBR LRL
MA AMHERST COL AMH
MA BOSTON PUB LIBR BRL
MA UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST AUM
NC UNIV OF N CAROLINA, CHAPEL HILL NOC
NE UNIV OF NEBRASKA AT LINCOLN LDL
NJ RUTGERS UNIV NJR
NM UNIV OF NEW MEXICO IQU
NY NEW YORK PUB LIBR RES LIBR NYP
NY SKIDMORE COL VZS
OK ORAL ROBERTS UNIV OKO
TX TRINITY UNIV TNY
TX UNIV OF HOUSTON TXH
EU BRITISH LIBR UKM
EU CAMBRIDGE UNIV CUD
EU GUILDHALL LIBR LGL
EU TRINITY COL, DUBLIN ERD
EU UNIV OF OXFORD EQO
Title: A casebook on Jack the Ripper /
Author(s): Whittington-Egan, Richard, 1924-
Publication: London : Wildy and Sons Ltd,
Year: 1975
Description: xvii, 174 p. ; 19 cm.
Language: English
Standard No: LCCN: 76-383615
SUBJECT(S)
Descriptor: Serial murders -- England -- London -- History -- 19th century.
Named Person: Jack, the Ripper.
Geographic: Whitechapel (London, England) -- History.
Note(s): Errata slip inserted./ Includes index./ Bibliography: p. 157-162.
Class Descriptors: LC: HV6535.G6; Dewey: 364.15/23/092
Responsibility: [by] Richard Whittington-Egan.
Document Type: Book
Entry: 19770124
Update: 20000325
Accession No: OCLC: 2894675
Database: WorldCat |
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