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GtrsRGr8 · 03-02-2019, 12:40 AM

Man-Eater: The Life and Legend of an American Cannibal. By Harold Schechter.

WS Deal only $2.98 ($0.99-ebook + $1.99-audio)! For those unfamiliar with Whispersync deals, you get the ebook, audiobook, and sync'ing of the two, for less (sometimes much less) than you can by buying the audio alone. And you don't have to be a member at Audible to get the great audio price!

Adequate rating--3.9 stars (but the ratings are well-distributed).

Lots of extra "bang for the buck" comes from the ebook having 373 pages.

A ghastly real-life story, reminiscent of that of the Donner Party tragedy nearly 30 years earlier:
In the winter of 1873, a small band of prospectors lost their way in the frozen wilderness of the Colorado Rockies. Months later, when the snow finally melted, only one of them emerged. His name was Alfred G. Packer, though he would soon become infamous throughout the country under a different name: “the Man-Eater.”

After the butchered remains of his five traveling companions were discovered in a secluded valley by the Gunnison River, Packer vanished for nine years, becoming the West’s most wanted man. What followed was a saga of evasion and retribution as the trial of the century worked to extricate fact from myth and Polly Pry, a once-famed pioneering journalist, took on the cause of Packer. Man-Eater is the definitive story of a legendary crime—a gripping tale of unspeakable suffering, the desperate struggle for survival, and the fight to uncover the truth.

https://www.amazon.com/Man-Eater-Lif...dp/B0114YBWNY/.

03-02-2019, 12:40 AM	#148
GtrsRGr8 Grand Sorcerer Posts: 7,334 Karma: 27815322 Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Southeastern U.S., ya'll Device: Kindle; Kindle (10.1.1) for PC; Kindle Cloud Reader	One of the Better WhisperSync Deals that I've Run Across in Recent Years. Man-Eater: The Life and Legend of an American Cannibal. By Harold Schechter. WS Deal only $2.98 ($0.99-ebook + $1.99-audio)! For those unfamiliar with Whispersync deals, you get the ebook, audiobook, and sync'ing of the two, for less (sometimes *much* less) than you can by buying the audio alone. And you don't have to be a member at Audible to get the great audio price! Adequate rating--3.9 stars (but the ratings are well-distributed). Lots of extra "bang for the buck" comes from the ebook having 373 pages. A ghastly real-life story, reminiscent of that of the Donner Party tragedy nearly 30 years earlier: In the winter of 1873, a small band of prospectors lost their way in the frozen wilderness of the Colorado Rockies. Months later, when the snow finally melted, only one of them emerged. His name was Alfred G. Packer, though he would soon become infamous throughout the country under a different name: “the Man-Eater.” After the butchered remains of his five traveling companions were discovered in a secluded valley by the Gunnison River, Packer vanished for nine years, becoming the West’s most wanted man. What followed was a saga of evasion and retribution as the trial of the century worked to extricate fact from myth and Polly Pry, a once-famed pioneering journalist, took on the cause of Packer. Man-Eater is the definitive story of a legendary crime—a gripping tale of unspeakable suffering, the desperate struggle for survival, and the fight to uncover the truth. https://www.amazon.com/Man-Eater-Lif...dp/B0114YBWNY/. Last edited by GtrsRGr8; 03-02-2019 at 02:21 AM.