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They are indexed
Although I was very happy to see my two ShukerNature books receive a positive joint review [FT411:65], I have to correct the anonymous reviewer’s closing words: “A pity, then, that they are not indexed”. On the contrary, both books are indexed, very extensively, with even an index entry prominently contained in their respective lists of contents. In ShukerNature 1, the index spans pages 397-405; and in ShukerNature 2, pages 433-445. I have no idea how the reviewer failed to notice this. I abhor nonfiction books that lack an index.
Dr Karl Shuker
DB Cooper
In his feature on DB Cooper [FT412:30-37], Brian Robb mentions some songs about the case. There is also a track by Tom Pacheco – “The Lost Diary of D.B. Cooper” – on his album Boomtown (released in 2014). Tom is an American story-teller who has released numerous albums that include all kinds of songs that weave fact and fiction.
“The Lost Diary…” tells the story of DB assuming a new name, escaping to St Louis, obtaining a phoney law degree, and practising there until
