Guest Jodie Posted April 14, 2012 Share Posted April 14, 2012 I vaguely remember Swamp Bandit explaining his screen name as being that of some folk hero so it's probably not a coincidence that the author calls himself John Ashley. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 14, 2012 Share Posted April 14, 2012 Hmmm....methinks we have a pen name and someone has a legal case.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jodie Posted April 14, 2012 Share Posted April 14, 2012 Oddly enough, I didn't find Autumn's book listed when I looked in the registry, but as the author, she owns it. I'm thinking those that self publish must not bother which might be why I didn't find this book either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indiefoot Posted April 14, 2012 Share Posted April 14, 2012 The source owns the story, he/she can re-tell it. Autumn got her information from him, reportedly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southernyahoo Posted April 14, 2012 Share Posted April 14, 2012 I seem to have lost track of all the bandits, I know there was atleast one poser, and thought we had identified Mike posting as swamp bandit here, who had a restraining order placed on him, for harrasing Autumn. That SB did say he was writing another book with another author and claimed he had lied to Autumn, but was still claiming he had seen a skunk ape. Are there more swamp bandits? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bipedalist Posted April 14, 2012 BFF Patron Share Posted April 14, 2012 (edited) Self-published persons often have the ISBN owner as the publishing house as being the author of record unless they are quite careful who they do business with it seems. Edited April 14, 2012 by bipedalist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jodie Posted April 14, 2012 Share Posted April 14, 2012 Wouldn't it pull up by title also though? I found several Enoch title's, but no LIVING WITH THE BIG MAN title. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BFSleuth Posted April 14, 2012 Share Posted April 14, 2012 As the previous link seemed to be incomplete, here it is again. John Ashley is the historical "Swamp Bandit". Florida's Jesse James. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ashley_(bandit) The title seems to be a play on the title of the movie Letters from the Big Man. We have a book that can't be found except for a single store in the middle of Florida that gets its shipments mysteriously dropped off by "a guy in a truck"? Are we being played again? It seems possible. For now I'm going to call this a blobbook... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 14, 2012 Share Posted April 14, 2012 Until Cowgirl see's fit to scan the book cover and author info and post it here it's just ''mystery book'' to me. Surely we have a few members in FL who could track down the market it's sold at as well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jodie Posted April 14, 2012 Share Posted April 14, 2012 I think if the title isn't listed in the register, it probably doesn't exist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Thepattywagon Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 I go thru that area frequently. Waiting to hear the location from Cowgirl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 Thanks ThePattyWagon...good news! Turns out it's not mandatory to have an ISBN number ....so info on a book would just be harder to find. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 Jodie didn't SB say in one of his post that he was related to a bandit John Ashley. I'll check the whole thread back to see if I can find that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jodie Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 I thought he said that is where he got his screen name, that's all that stuck with me, possibly because he was distantly related. It didn't mention John having any descendants from the bio I read on him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 Looks like the new book is as elusive as the creature its purported to be about... Any attempts to scan the cover and post it, will only reveal a blurry undefined shape, that could be a book, but could also be other rectangular objects... -A- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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