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Missing 411 Montana
Missing 411- Montana
The newest book in the blockbuster Missing 411 series by David Paulides and the first book ever written about a state. This book contains thirty all new cases and many updated missing person incidents from throughout Montana.
There is a stunning chapter about a cluster of missing people in and around Glacier National Park, a read you will not forget.
47 Photographs
The newest book in the blockbuster Missing 411 series by David Paulides and the first book ever written about a state. This book contains thirty all new cases and many updated missing person incidents from throughout Montana.
There is a stunning chapter about a cluster of missing people in and around Glacier National Park, a read you will not forget.
47 Photographs
- GenresTrue Crime
289 pages, Paperback
Published December 1, 2020
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David Paulides
18 books532 followersWriter, researcher, and investigative journalist.
Paulides is mostly known for his writing on disappearances in national parks and Big Foot / Sasquatch.
Paulides is mostly known for his writing on disappearances in national parks and Big Foot / Sasquatch.
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June 23, 2021
If you’re reading this, the tenth book in the Missing 411 series, then you know what you’re in for. David continues to do a thorough job of presenting mysterious, unsolved disappearances this time pertaining directly to the state of Montana. This is the second book to come with a cluster map that is a great visual aid when reading where each case takes place. As usual, David presents the facts but does not steer the reader to any particular theories or definitive conclusions regarding these cases. He does use his law enforcement background and investigative knowledge to ask questions he feels are pertinent to the known facts surrounding each case and their investigations. This continues to be a very intriguing subject and I hope David’s work keeps pushing closer towards not only answers for victims but for accountability and transparency from certain institutions.
March 6, 2022
As far as the content of this book goes, the cases are interesting. Maybe not as mind boggling as some of the ones in the earlier books, but I think most of these are important to the overall narrative of the series.
I would say I agree with some of the criticisms skeptics have with this series as far as what parts are mysterious and what’s not. A quick example would be the issue the author cites with the weather being a factor in the searches for these people. It seems heavily implied that whatever makes people vanish is also somehow causing the weather to be uncooperative so people can’t search effectively. That seems like way more of a stretch than the idea that a Missing 411 type case is more likely to result when the weather is bad. In other words, a monster or some force is probably less likely to be causing the weather event to cover up an abduction, than a weather event happening naturally happens to hinder a search, making the case more likely to show up in these books.
With all that stuff aside, I would have still given the book 5 stars, (since I knew what I was getting into and still think these cases are important) had it not been so littered with typos and editing errors. A few typos happen, especially with self published material, but this level of error is pretty inexcusable. There’s no way the book had an editor or proofreader. Some of the mistakes make certain cases difficult to understand (confusing peoples names, etc.), and others are just really unfortunate and sometimes humorous.
The issue is so bad, that I think it really undermines the good work the author is doing here. He’s a very good storyteller, but he just needs a competent proofreader and editor. I could see skeptical or even interested people disregarding this information because of this issue, which is sad. The earlier books in this series do not suffer from the same problems… or at least not to this extent.
I would say I agree with some of the criticisms skeptics have with this series as far as what parts are mysterious and what’s not. A quick example would be the issue the author cites with the weather being a factor in the searches for these people. It seems heavily implied that whatever makes people vanish is also somehow causing the weather to be uncooperative so people can’t search effectively. That seems like way more of a stretch than the idea that a Missing 411 type case is more likely to result when the weather is bad. In other words, a monster or some force is probably less likely to be causing the weather event to cover up an abduction, than a weather event happening naturally happens to hinder a search, making the case more likely to show up in these books.
With all that stuff aside, I would have still given the book 5 stars, (since I knew what I was getting into and still think these cases are important) had it not been so littered with typos and editing errors. A few typos happen, especially with self published material, but this level of error is pretty inexcusable. There’s no way the book had an editor or proofreader. Some of the mistakes make certain cases difficult to understand (confusing peoples names, etc.), and others are just really unfortunate and sometimes humorous.
The issue is so bad, that I think it really undermines the good work the author is doing here. He’s a very good storyteller, but he just needs a competent proofreader and editor. I could see skeptical or even interested people disregarding this information because of this issue, which is sad. The earlier books in this series do not suffer from the same problems… or at least not to this extent.
January 31, 2021
Very interesting and makes you think as you read the book
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