Review: outstanding Kindle single
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 22, 2014
I've read probably 15 to 20 Kindle singles and this one is easily the best one I've ever read. Keeping in mind the limited nature of a Kindle single, this one, about the stalking/shooting of baseball player Eddie Waitkus by a crazed fan in 1949 in Chicago, is outstanding.The focus is on Ruth Ann Steinhagen's obsession with Waitkus, as well as his baseball career both before and after Steinhagen lured him to her hotel room at the long-gone Edgewater Beach Hotel in Chicago and then shot him. The author nicely ties the story in to the period but, perhaps, might've done a tad more with the culture of celebrity/celebrity stalking since many consider Steinhagen/Waitkus as ground zero for celebrity obsession.A fascinating story told interestingly, albeit concisely. Very enjoyable.