Jim Agnew's Literary World

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Welcome to Jim Agnew's Literary Website and Book Reviews. Jim Agnew has been booking and producing talk-radio shows since 1992. He was co-creator of American Crime Line with Ed Nowicki; and booker for Ed Buggs in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and Geoffery Feiger in Detroit, Michigan. He operates his booking service out of Chicago, Illinois at jagnue@aol.com You can also use the contact page to reach Jim.

Jim also is a world-class literary researcher whose clients have included Vincent Bugliosi, Dan Moldea, Bill Zehme, Gus Russo, Bill Kurtis, Jonathan VanMeter, the late Bill Roemer, Nick Pileggi and Nick Tosches. The late Pulitzer Prize award winning columnist Mike Royko referred to Agnew as " the finest researcher of crime in America". He has been profiled in the Chicago-Sun Times, The Chicago Reader and a chapter in the Nick Tosches Reader (DaCapo). Jim considers his booking duties as an unheralded art form and his clients, such as Bill Zehme, brilliant beyond belief.
 

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See   www.reclaiminghistory.com   updates link.   See Edgar Award announcement . It confronts and destroys every one of the conspiracy theories that have grown up since the assassination, exposing their selective use of evidence, flawed logic, and outright deceptions. So thoroughly documented, so compellingly lucid in its conclusions.

Four Days In November by Vincent Bugliosi (Trade Paperback...W.W. Norton) Four Days in November is an exciting, precise, and definitive narrative of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963, by Lee Harvey Oswald. It is drawn from Reclaiming History: The Assassination of President John F. Kennedy, a monumental and historic account of the event and all the conspiracy theories it spawned.

"Although I am proud to say that I have done 99.9 percent of my own research for everything I wrote in this book (which is typical for me, not feeling comfortable relying on others to do research for me), I want to give special thanks to four individuals, three of whom are avid students of the assassination, who have helped me in so many diverse ways. Having no official connection to the case like a Bill Alexander, Dr. Michael Baden, or Steven Tilley, just their friendship and their desire to help me, they were always there for me, without hesitation, whenever I needed them--whether it was to take a photo of an angle at Dealey Plaza I needed, secure someone's phone number for me, loan me one of their many books on the assassination, in some cases get a document they had ready access to, or whatever. They are Jack Duffy of Fort Worth (who has been with me on this book the longest), David Phinney of Los Angeles, Jim Agnew of Chicago, and Bill Drenas of Lowell, Massachusetts. I'll never forget the help these four gave me and will always be especially grateful to them. From ... Reclaiming History: The Assassination of President John F. Kennedy by Vincent Bugliosi (W.W. Norton) ... Acknowledgments...page 1516.

 Jim and Vincent Bugliosi 1998 Photo by Robert Egan

Jim Agnew has added www.specialguests.com  to his booking clients.  They are leaders in the radio/television talk-show industry.  Its my pleasure to serve them!  "You have the best picks I've seen online." Jerry McGlothin (www.specialguests.com)

Jim Agnew will feature on this website eight new Daily Book Picks, two Religion and feature two new daily CD audio books. More than 30 Contributor Links showcase the best in literature on the net. Poetry, true crime, authors' websites, publicity experts, and loads of unlimited web surfing for writers: the Memorable Lines and Notes links highlight Jim's favorite books. All entries will be posted in The Archives for easy reference. The Best of previous years collections are a short feature of the past years best books. A literal treasure trove every month plus direct links to Amazon for instant ordering and background on titles.

Research Works in Progress:   "Carson the Magnificent" the authorized Johnny Carson biography by Bill Zehme for Random House in 2010.

http://www.esquire.com/ESQ0602-JUN_CARSON.3.3 

Zehme, Bill. Carson the Magnificent: An Intimate Portrait. Random House, Fall 2010. The author of the best-selling Frank Sinatra book The Way You Wear Your Hat (1997) was the last journalist to interview the late Johnny Carson, and his book lends great understanding of the comedian's personal life and cultural impact.

"NPR: Bill Zehme: 'Confessions' of a Magazine Writer" Listen to this story. Please click on the headline to the story using a Real Audio or Windows Media Player. For Players or technical help, please visit NPR's Audio Help Page. 

The research work I provide is in addition to the author's own collection and is supplemental in nature. The authors are their own best researcher and I take great pride in assisting them and sometimes surprising them. The completed book is their work alone. ~ Jim

Send all copies for review to: Jim Agnew: 2339 Hastings Ave.   Evanston, Il.  60201

Please feel free to use my contact page to reach me or my webmaster with website questions.

Just like great scenes from the movies...here are some passages that linger with me. Enjoy my selections on my Memorable Lines Page !!! (Jim Agnew)

"Jim, thank you so much for featuring my book, Flirting For Success! I truly appreciate it! Happy Holidays and congrats on a great site. Jill Spiegel

"Many thanks for getting Direct Action onto your recommended list this week. BTW, Grover Lewis hired me at Rolling Stone and was my editor. We met when he included me in a wonderful piece on 3-Dog Night in Texas when I was free-lancing. We hung out together, and hit it off so well he offered me a job without even consulting Jann Wenner (who later canned my butt). Grover was one of my mentors, and indeed, a great American writer whom I adored." Stay safe, John Wiesman  Direct Action: A Covert War Thriller

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