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A cold case murder investigation links to the JFK assassination and
the soft-tissue cancer epidemic, May 21, 2007
By Phillip M. Rose (Wellington, New Zealand) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)
This is a significantly updated version of Mr Haslam's 1995 book,
"Mary, Ferrie & the Monkey Virus". If you only have the older
version, you will want to get "Dr. Mary's Monkey".
This book covers many areas of interest for a wide reader audience.
Readers interested in new information about the JFK assassination
will likely be the main audience, but other topics receive a lot of
well-documented attention as well. These include epidemiology (polio,
soft tissue cancers, AIDS), cold case murder investigations by an
'amateur sleuth', vaccines, New Orleans history, US medical research
history, and scientific topics--linear particle accelerators in
particular. Readers interested in any one of these topics should find
this book interesting and credible.
I am not going to review this book in detail. Readers already know if
they're basically interested or not, and additional detail is
available from links I list below. I merely provide a shoppers' guide
by addressing three points:
1. I believe that both the specialist and the general reader will
find this book interesting, if not fascinating.
2. Ed Haslam is a credible author.
3. You can find out more about this book and its author for free with
some links I provide.
This book is very well written and organized. It contains dozens of
black and white photographs, charts, graphs and maps. These graphics,
while unfortunately not indexed, are nonetheless placed strategically
in the text to aid readers' understanding of the text. As a former
New Orleans resident, I appreciated the historic photos and maps of
New Orleans. While Mr. Haslam does provide a lot of information, a
strong, page-turning narrative style underlies the information.
Seasoned JFK assassination investigators may be wary of YAKAB (Yet
Another Kennedy Assassination Book). The publisher's decision to
include a foreword by Jim Marrs, while possibly attracting additional
buyers, may raise some people's skeptical antennae. Mr. Haslam was
born and raised in New Orleans and spent much of his educational and
professional career there. You will probably agree with me after
reading this book that Mr. Haslam was uniquely placed to write this
book. To the two-part question, "Is the author credible, and will I
learn anything new from his book?", I answer, "Yes and yes." For
example, a possible motivation for Oswald's well documented visit to
Clinton, LA is found in these pages. In a brief epilogue, "The
Perfect Patsy - Rethinking Lee Harvey Oswald", Mr. Haslam presents
three well-considered scenarios concerning Oswald's involvement in
the JFK assassination.
It is easy to find out more about Ed Haslam and this book. The
obvious first thing to do is to Google his name. Mr. Haslam's late
father was also named Edward T. Haslam, so you will find links
related to him, as well as another unrelated Edward T. Haslam. I see
that URLs are technically forbidden in Amazon reviews, so I will just
tell you what to search on to be sure to find links I consider to be
important and useful.
Browse the book, including sample chapters by searching on
drmarysmonkey.
Find links to video interviews with Ed Haslam and an important
witness interviewed for his book, Judyth Vary Baker, by searching on
themonkeyvirus.
Last but not least, especially since this is how I first heard about
Ed Haslam, is the extensive archive of Dave Emory's radio programs.
Mr. Haslam appears on eight Dave Emory "For the Record" programs. Do
a search on:
wfmu "Dave Emory"
There's a main page and an archive page. Look for "For The Record"
FTR # 577 and 526 on the main page, and dx-FTR-019 (six separate
files, a-f) on the archive page.
(Technical note for owners of mp3 players: you can record Real Audio
files on PCs (Linux or Windows) in MP3 format by recording them as
they play with the freely available Audacity player/recorder/editor.)
I see that a book mentioned by Mr. Haslam, "Lee Harvey Oswald: The
True Story of the Accused Assassin of President John F. Kennedy, by
His Lover (Paperback)" by Judyth Vary Baker is now available through
Amazon. The book (as yet unread by me) was unavailable (temporarily
suppressed?) at the time that Mr. Haslam wrote about it. Ms. Baker's
book is regarded with varying skepticism (no pun intended), according
to the reviews I have read on Amazon. Reading about Ms. Baker in Mr.
Haslam's book may assist potential buyers of Ms. Baker's book.
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