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7 mile walk.

Sunny 78 degrees. Not much shade walking all the way down Triana today; sort of think of it as a pre-apocalypse route, not much out that way, quiet except for an industrial sounding hum and the dogs at Animal Services barking, just paralleling the fence line alongside Redstone. Note to self: for walks longer than six miles or so, I really should carry a water bottle.

book #77

77)McCulloch, Derek & Shepherd Hendrix. STAGGER LEE. Image Comics: 2006.

Historical fiction in graphic novel format.

*if you've been paying attention to my music posts, you'll recognize "Stagger Lee" as one of the songs on Nick Cave's Murder Ballad album.

From the trial of the real Stag Lee (in the early 1900's in St. Louis, MO) to the myth that he became, the story flows in and out of well researched history and engaging fictional side plots, and is underscored throughout by the many versions of the popular murder ballad. The story is rich with folklore and with a scholarly bent and the sepia tones artwork fits to a T.