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  • barnflatwyngarde
    Inspector
    • Sep 2014
    • 1156

    #1

    Swanson: The Life and Times of a Victorian Detective

    Can anyone tell me if Adam Wood's book "Swanson: The Life and Times of a Victorian Detective" has been published yet.

    Amazon lists the book as published on 31st December 2015, and is currently out of print.

    Can I really have missed it, or has publication been put back?
  • jmenges
    Moderator
    • Feb 2008
    • 2247

    #2
    It hasn't been released yet but I don't think we have too much longer to wait.

    There's a Facebook page for the book to catch updates: https://www.facebook.com/donaldsutherlandswanson/home

    JM

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    • Monty
      Commissioner
      • Feb 2008
      • 5414

      #3
      I'm sure Adam shall be along to confirm but I believe he is just finishing off the final few bits n bobs re the text.

      It's on it's way.

      Monty
      Monty

      https://forum.casebook.org/core/imag...t/evilgrin.gif

      Author of Capturing Jack the Ripper.

      http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/1445621622

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      • Robert
        Commissioner
        • Feb 2008
        • 5163

        #4
        Should I buy new, or wait for second-hand and hope for something in the margin?

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        • barnflatwyngarde
          Inspector
          • Sep 2014
          • 1156

          #5
          Monty and Jmenges, thanks for this.

          I look forward to reading it.

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          • jmenges
            Moderator
            • Feb 2008
            • 2247

            #6
            Within the next couple of days Rippercast will be releasing Adam Wood's talk and accompanying slide show on Swanson from last Saturday's August meeting of The Whitechapel Society 1888, so keep your eyes open for that. It was an excellent presentation.

            JM

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            • barnflatwyngarde
              Inspector
              • Sep 2014
              • 1156

              #7
              Thanks for the heads up.

              I'll keep an eye out for it.

              Cheers!

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              • AdamNeilWood
                Detective
                • Apr 2008
                • 290

                #8
                Thanks very much for the interest in my forthcoming book on Swanson.

                Although I'm close to finishing it, publication is delayed because the Swanson family - who have been incredibly supportive throughout the research and writing process - have found another batch of documents, letters and photographs and I've been sifting through these and incorporating the new information.

                Hopefully not too much longer to wait!

                Best wishes
                Adam

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                • barnflatwyngarde
                  Inspector
                  • Sep 2014
                  • 1156

                  #9
                  Does anyone have an estimated date of publication for Adam's forthcoming book on Donald Swanson?

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                  • DJA
                    *
                    • May 2015
                    • 4700

                    #10
                    Nope.

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                    • PaulB
                      Superintendent
                      • Jun 2010
                      • 2218

                      #11
                      Yes. Now. He had copies for sale over the weekend and more are coming from the printer soon, I believe. A terrific book, very detailed. I won't mention the foreword, but I just have...

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                      • barnflatwyngarde
                        Inspector
                        • Sep 2014
                        • 1156

                        #12
                        Originally posted by PaulB View Post
                        Yes. Now. He had copies for sale over the weekend and more are coming from the printer soon, I believe. A terrific book, very detailed. I won't mention the foreword, but I just have...
                        Thanks Paul, I've ordered mine from Waterstones, I'll need to chase them up on it.

                        Really looking forward to it...........and the foreword!

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                        • drstrange169
                          Superintendent
                          • Feb 2008
                          • 2409

                          #13
                          Ordered mine awhile back and it cost me deep in the purse, hopefully it will be arriving in the Antipodes soon.
                          dustymiller
                          aka drstrange

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                          • Michael W Richards
                            Inactive
                            • May 2012
                            • 7122

                            #14
                            Originally posted by AdamNeilWood View Post
                            Thanks very much for the interest in my forthcoming book on Swanson.

                            Although I'm close to finishing it, publication is delayed because the Swanson family - who have been incredibly supportive throughout the research and writing process - have found another batch of documents, letters and photographs and I've been sifting through these and incorporating the new information.

                            Hopefully not too much longer to wait!

                            Best wishes
                            Adam
                            Actual new stuff? That sounds like a treat.

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                            • PaulB
                              Superintendent
                              • Jun 2010
                              • 2218

                              #15
                              Originally posted by Michael W Richards View Post

                              Actual new stuff? That sounds like a treat.
                              Yes, new stuff. But it's a very small book... Roughly 75 pages.

                              Sorry, my mistake. 750 pages. Police biographies are going to struggle to match the detail Adam has managed to get into those pages.

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