{"id":437,"date":"2021-02-02T21:54:23","date_gmt":"2021-02-02T21:54:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.markshawbooks.com\/blog\/?p=437"},"modified":"2021-02-04T00:09:04","modified_gmt":"2021-02-04T00:09:04","slug":"february-2021-newsletter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/markshawbooks.com\/blog\/february-2021-newsletter\/","title":{"rendered":"February 2021 Newsletter"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<center>\n<div class=\"c1\">\n<table class=\"mcnTextBlock\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mcnTextContent\" valign=\"top\">\n<h1 class=\"null\" style=\"text-align: center;\">NEWSLETTER<strong> &#8211; February \/ 2021<br><\/strong><\/h1>\n<hr style=\"height: 1px; border-width: 0; color: gray; background-color: gray;\">\n\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: merriweather,georgia,times new roman,serif;\">From the Desk of Bestselling Author <br>Mark Shaw<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: merriweather,georgia,times new roman,serif;\">For Worldwide Release in April:<br><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span> <span style=\"font-size: 24px;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"font-family: merriweather,georgia,times new roman,serif;\"> COLLATERAL DAMAGE<br><br><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: merriweather,georgia,times new roman,serif;\">Based on new evidence and an unorthodox research strategy never attempted before, besides being three of most inspiring historical figures of the 20th century, Marilyn Monroe, John F. Kennedy and Dorothy Kilgallen should have never died so early in life and within 40 months of one another, each a victim of Robert F. Kennedy&#8217;s abuse of power. While humanizing each of these icons, &#8220;Collateral Damage&#8221; exposes the truth regarding three murder mysteries that are not really mysteries at all. Link to Amazon posting.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <br><br><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"font-family: merriweather,georgia,times new roman,serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/1642938181\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Buy the Book<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr style=\"height: 1px; border-width: 0; color: gray; background-color: gray;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"font-family: merriweather,georgia,times new roman,serif;\"><br>Cover-up Suspected Regarding NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea Misconduct Allegations Regarding Dorothy Kilgallen Murder Case.<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span> <br><br><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: merriweather,georgia,times new roman,serif;\">Read Mark Shaw&#8217;s Recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markshawbooks.com\/assets\/docs\/Eure-Letter%20-January-25A-2021.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Letter to NYPD Inspector General Phil Eure <\/a> Objecting to Delays and Alleging Possible Cover-up by the IG\u2019s office instead of full investigation of Commissioner Dermot Shea\u2019s Abuse of Power Denying Dorothy Kilgallen Justice.<\/span><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: merriweather,georgia,times new roman,serif;\"><br><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: merriweather,georgia,times new roman,serif;\"><br><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<hr style=\"height: 1px; border-width: 0; color: gray; background-color: gray;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"font-family: merriweather,georgia,times new roman,serif;\"><br>Rare Copy of Dorothy Kilgallen\u2019s book, \u201cGirl Around the World\u201d Purchased; Donated by Mark Shaw to his Purdue University Archival Collection.<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span>\n<p class=\"null\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/c5c2513295943863f07b90492\/images\/684248c0-8205-4440-9c5a-e6511fba5892.png\" width=\"234\" height=\"300\" data-file-id=\"5733517\"><\/p>\n<span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: merriweather,georgia,times new roman,serif;\">At the young age of 24, Dorothy Kilgallen displayed her courage when she challenged two male reporters to a trip around the world using only commercial transportation (planes, ships, rail). Following the race, Dorothy recorded her experiences in dramatic fashion while setting a record for the fastest five-thousand-mile span ever traveled at that time, Hawaii to New York City. The image on the book cover is Dorothy carrying a hat box and her typewriter, her only \u201cluggage.\u201d Efforts to re-print a copy of the book, which features Kilgallen stating, \u201cI\u2019m a reporter who likes danger and excitement,\u201d are underway with the book to be available as part of the Mark Shaw Archival Collection at Purdue University ( <a href=\"https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/yyth7afp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&nbsp;Press release<\/a> ) in spring 2021.<\/span><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: merriweather,georgia,times new roman,serif;\"><br><br><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<hr style=\"height: 1px; border-width: 0; color: gray; background-color: gray;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"font-family: merriweather,georgia,times new roman,serif;\"><br>Autographed Books?<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span> <br><br><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: merriweather,georgia,times new roman,serif;\">From time to time, I hear from readers of my books that they would appreciate it if I would sign them. This is quite an honor and with each request, I inform the reader that if they email me, I will provide an address where they can send her or his book(s) and that I will take care of any return postage after I sign the book(s). The email address is <\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: merriweather,georgia,times new roman,serif;\"><a href=\"mailto:mshawin@yahoo.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mshawin@yahoo.com<\/a><br><\/span><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: merriweather,georgia,times new roman,serif;\"><br><br><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<table class=\"mcnTextBlock\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody class=\"mcnTextBlockOuter\">\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mcnTextBlockInner\" valign=\"top\">\n<table class=\"mcnTextContentContainer\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"left\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mcnTextContent\" valign=\"top\"><hr>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>&#8220;If a writer is so cautious that he\/she never writes anything that cannot be criticized, he\/she will never write anything that can be read.&#8221;<\/em> <br>&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Beneath-Mask-Holiness-Thomas-Forbidden\/dp\/0230616534\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1468344751&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=Beneath+the+Mask+of+Holiness\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Thomas Merton <\/a><\/h4>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"font-family: merriweather,georgia,times new roman,serif;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/center>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEWSLETTER &#8211; February \/ 2021 From the Desk of Bestselling Author Mark Shaw &nbsp; For Worldwide Release in April: COLLATERAL DAMAGE Based on new evidence and an unorthodox research strategy never attempted before, besides being three of most inspiring historical &#8230; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/markshawbooks.com\/blog\/february-2021-newsletter\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-437","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/markshawbooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/markshawbooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/markshawbooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/markshawbooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/markshawbooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=437"}],"version-history":[{"count":40,"href":"https:\/\/markshawbooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":507,"href":"https:\/\/markshawbooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437\/revisions\/507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/markshawbooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/markshawbooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/markshawbooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}