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ive read all these reviews claiming the story is lies backed up by the other 3 stooges books out there ...whos to say they aren't lying? is it really because they came first ,they must be true? this book has been on the market for quite a few years now,and some people say the author should be sued?..... have you ever looked into the people comedy 3 does sue for using 3 stooges material? an artist for recreating images on tshirts ...you know they have by this time seen this book ,yet no lawsuit,wonder who is scared the truth may come out? ive read comedy 3 is claiming curly was jerome howard, i have a vhs of the 3 stooges that ive had a long time that has moe larry and curly ,and featuring jerome howard .. how could curly be both people ,some of these neigh sayers might research some of the older 3 stooges material and compare it to the newer releases it might be a real eye opener for them
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I beg Three Stooges fans to not purchase/read this book! I have been collecting Stooges-related items for many years and assumed this book would be worthy of adding to my collection. I am greatly ashamed to have paid money for it! If you are a casual/beginner fan, PLEASE do not take this complete fiction tale as fact! There are many other reputable, non-fiction Stooge books out there...just look at some of the other reviews...there are many wonderful suggestions.
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This is a total waste of time and money. The author, who claims to be a teacher, should be ashamed of herself. If this were being sold as fiction, it might have some merit. The problem is, it's being sold as non-fiction.
The story srarts out somewhat believable. By the third chapter, it's obvious that the writer of this pathetic trash just picked the name "Curly" out of the air. She, I guess, figured he was an old-time movie star who no one knew much about.
Well, people DO know about him. The statements in this book are too rediculous to even discuss. The author did zero research. If she had, she would have either made some observations that actually made sense, or simply abandon the whole foolish project.
Well, I for one feel ripped off. I'm going to try to track down the author and demand a refund. I won't get one from Amazon, that's for sure.
I hope the Howard family files suit against this nutcase. She deserves to be trated as badly as she treated the subject of this garbage disguised as a book.
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So imagine: you go to a restaurant, order a hamburger, take a bite and then another bite and realize something is fishy; that maybe it's a fish sandwich.Well, that was sort of the experience (the analogy is rather kind) I had when I started reading this fraudulent book. First I thought, how strange, I never had any idea Curly lived this type of life. I knew he drank too much. He married many times. But this? Curly in the mob? And then, yes, I thought, this cannot be; a guy named Horwitz from Brooklyn, N.Y., happens to have an uncle named Guido and needs to visit Sicily on his behalf. The author says in the forward that she did research "and it took a year to gather the information needed to write her story and to verify certain aspects of it." This is the most ridiculous, misleading book I've ever encountered. Sadly, I bought it. Amazon and the book itself should clearly label it "fiction" or better yet, garbage.. If you read the forward, you would think this is the real thing. I was excited at the thought of reading some insights into Curly. I read a few chapters, scratching my head along the way before I put it down for good. As someone earlier wrote here, I would rate it zero if I could. Anyone who bought this book should get a refund from Amazon or the author. And yes, it's not very well written..
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If you're expecting a warm memoir from Curly Howard's oldest daughter, about a period of struggle in the great comedian, when family and friends helped to sustain him, this "book" is so far off the beam not even to qualify as an historical curiosity.
We've all been "burned" by misleading advertisements, or mis-labeling on products, i.e. records with a familiar name on the label and it turns out to be another singer, but the titling here is simply irresponsible. It's been written that the Publisher believes the work is basically fictional - okay - where's the prefacing statement to that effect? And that's not accounting for the absence of any show business/period references, scholarly research, which the editors apparently thought couldn't help the "story".
If this "Author" chose to write a book (or essay) exploring how such a story can even be imagined, it may have some use. Without that stretch, we are left with something very disrespectful to the publishing world and to fans. Is it possible that this writer's enthusiasm for this project clouded her professional instincts?
Curly Howard brought plenty of joy to this world; continues to do so. This book brings disappointment and depression to the eager readers.
Of course, the readers should be reminded of, or referred to, the excellent book, easily accessed through Amazon, actually written by Joan Howard Maurer of Jerome Horwitz, which covers alot of ground in that somewhat "mysterious" time in the life of one our most beloved actors.
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