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Sent: Sunday, July 08, 2012 11:50 PM
Subject: The book is ready - thank you for your help!
Hi Rupert,
Don't know whether or not I forwarded
this information to you, but my (our) book (The Tragedy at the Loomis Street
Crossing) is in print! Thank you so much for all the research help you and
your colleagues have given me throughout the process of putting the book
together!
If I have not previously relayed this
information to you, I apologize. I was very busy with a book tour of
Naperville and some of the towns (Galesburg, Burlington, Keokuk) where families
of the victims lived. On the town I uncovered even more fascinating
stories from relatives of the victims! Making additions and corrections
costs me several hundred dollars, so it might be some time before I make these
additions. The self Publishing route already has cost me dearly, but the
experience of bringing the story of the victims to light already has been well
worth the five painstaking years of research. When I signed a book for the
mayor of Naperville, he told me that, because of the book, he felt it was
finally time for the city to place a marker at the crash site! And, when I
told relatives of the victims this story, they all told me that, when such a
marker is dedicated, they would travel to the site for the
dedication!
Rupert, I will keep you and your
Burlington friends updated as to the progress of such a dedication
ceremony. I think it would be appropriate to have such a marker unveiled
on the anniversary (April 25th) of the tragedy.
Again, thanks for all the help you and
your friends have given me along the way. Please thank them for me.
The book can be ordered from any local bookstore, from Amazon, or from
AuthorHouse.com.
I certainly will be interested in
hearing comments regarding the book from the Burlington family!
Sincerely,
Chuck Spinner
P.S. I am giving an unveiling of the book here in
Jamestown, New York on July 19th, 2012. I will be giving talks and
signings at 9:30am and 6:30pm. Please spread the word if there are any
Burlington train buffs in the western New York area! I'd love to meet
them.