Coburn Hawk's Blog: Coburn's Musings

The website "First to Know" did an interview with me / book review!

http://firsttoknow.com/on-a-divine-ad...

Coburn Hawk

It is pretty strange to find that there are both "New" and "Used - Very Good" versions of my book listed for as much as $50 a copy. Who are these people selling it?

Well more power to them I guess But for the record, a brand new one is only $11.99

Such an odd world, this publishing world.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listin...

Just read this book. A true masterpiece.

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15...

Here’s a little perspective: In 1939, gas cost 10 cents a gallon at the pump. A movie ticket set you back 20 cents. John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath, the year’s bestselling hardcover book, was $2.75. For a nation suffering 20 percent unemployment, books were an impossible expense.

But in just one day, Robert de Graff changed that. On June 19, 1939, the tall, dynamic entrepreneur took out a bold, full-page ad in The New York Times: OUT TODAY—THE NEW POCKET BOOKS THAT MAY TRANSFORM NEW YORK’S READING HABITS.

Read the full text here:

http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/arch...

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"The golden moments in the stream of life rush past us and we see nothing but sand; the angels come to visit us, and we only know them when they are gone."

George Eliot (1819 - 1880)

For those who want to read a bit of the story, I have posted the first four chapters on Wattpad.

Here is the link:

http://www.wattpad.com/story/1903143-...

Take it for a spin. I think you will like it if you try it...

I am giving away some copies of the book to Goodreads users. Just sign up for the chance to get a FREE trade paperback version of the book.

http://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...

Good luck to all of those who register to WIN!