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Moe Howard Died For Our Sins Kindle Edition

by Dale Andrew White (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
3.8 3.8 out of 5 stars 18 ratings
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READ THE BOOK. SHARE THE FAITH. PASS THE SELTZER. With humor as twisted as its stories' plots, "Moe Howard Died for Our Sins" takes readers on a rollicking, hilarious ride. Go to Hell - and see it as a tourist. Get lured into a pie-throwing cult. Peek backstage at the Second Coming. Encounter talking pigs, a tongue-twisting poet, levitating patients, militant tots and a song-and-dance act that's its own show-stopper. The misadventures just keep coming.
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  4. Publication date
    August 18, 2010
  5. Reading age
    15 - 18 years
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Editorial Reviews

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"Part-time iconoclast and two-fingered typist Dale Andrew White is a natural born storyteller with an especial flair for blending fantasy, whimsy, satire and a fevered imagination into original stories that are replete with ribald humor and reader-engaging novelty. Subtitled 'made-to-fit tales for the maladjusted,' this collection of short stories showcase a genuine and offbeat talent... Highly recommended reading!" - Midwest Book Review

About the Author

Dale Andrew White is the author of the interview collection Encounters with Authors, A Florida Anthology, Fuel Fight: the Florida Battle over Orimulsion, Venezuela's 'liquid coal,' the humor collections Moe Howard Died for Our Sins, Return of the Dittos and Stuff & Nonsense - all of which are available in paperback and Kindle editions. Numerous excerpts from his books are available on Kindle.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00403N2WQ
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Twin Rivers Press (August 18, 2010)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ August 18, 2010
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1352 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 122 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    3.8 3.8 out of 5 stars 18 ratings

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Dale Andrew White

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Dale Andrew White is the author of the interview collection "Encounters with Authors," "A Florida Anthology," "Fuel Fight: the Florida battle over Orimulsion, Venezuela's "liquid coal," and the humor collections "Moe Howard Died for Our Sins," "Return of the Dittos," and "Stuff & Nonsense," all of which which are available in paperback and on Amazon Kindle. His Kindle books also include "'Psycho' Analysis: an interpretation of Alfred Hitchcock's cinematic masterpiece," "A Field Guide to Alfred Hitchcock's 'The Birds,'" "Diagnosing 'Rosemary's Baby,'" and "Walt Disney, Urban Planner."

White's humorous short stories have appeared in Modern Short Stories, Comic Relief, The MacGuffin, Nuthouse, Beyond Science Fiction & Fantasy and numerous other magazines and journals.

Midwest Book Review calls him "a natural born storyteller with an especial flair for blending fantasy, whimsy, satire and a fevered imagination into original stories that are replete with ribald humor and reader-engaging novelty."

Book Review warns that to open a Dale Andrew White short story collection "is to invite trouble - and probably enjoy it."

White is a member of Humor Writers of America. His short story collections have been nominated for the James Thurber Prize for American Humor.

Several of White's short stories are now also available separately on Amazon Kindle.

In 2018, White and several other journalists with GateHouse Media received a nomination for the Pulitzer Prize in explanatory reporting for a newspaper series about climate change and rising sea levels. His journalism has also received awards from the Society of Professional Journalists, Florida Society of Newspaper Editors and the New York Times Regional Newspaper Group.

Also available separately on Amazon Kindle are White's interviews with Sir Peter Saunders, Agatha Christie's theatrical producer; "The Blackboard Jungle" author Evan Hunter, who as Ed McBain also penned the 87th Precinct mystery series; John Mortimer, creator of "Rumpole of the Bailey," novelist Chaim Potok; "Hagar the Horrible" cartoonist Dik Browne; "Up the Down Staircase" author Bel Kaufman; novelist Eugenia Price; "Watership Down" author Richard Adams; neo-realist author Alain Robbe-Grillet; Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Richard Eberhart; rock pioneers Little Richard and Bo Diddley; pop artist Andy Warhol; behavioral psychologist B.F. Skinner; fantasy and science fiction author Andre Norton; macabre cartoonist Gahan Wilson and others.

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3.8 out of 5 stars
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Stan
3.0 out of 5 stars A few good laughs
Reviewed in the United States on December 11, 2012
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I really enjoyed some stories and some I struggled to find humor. I would get it as a quick read between other more substantial books.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Clever and unexpected tales
Reviewed in the United States on July 9, 2023
A funny satiric look at life in stories that are original. From evil school bus drivers to Three Stooges wannabes, the stories ring true to the absurdity of life.
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Alicia LaFontaine
5.0 out of 5 stars Whimsical and fun, as always from Dale Andrew White
Reviewed in the United States on January 29, 2018
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Dale White does an exceptional job with this book. His works are always well-written, witty, thought-provoking, and straight-up whimsical. Every story is a joy ride through a make-believe reality you wish you could see with your own eyes. Thankfully, his imagery is so clear, it’s easy for your imagination to take off as you read about the aging southern belle who just won’t let confederate pride die as she points a rifle at curious tourists or when a battle of seven-year-olds takes place to determine who will reign over he neighborhood playgrounds. Even the stories that don’t revolve so much around a plot but read more like a memoir, like the title story, are so colorful and full of quick wit, you find yourself laughing out loud at times. This is an ideal read any time. White is an exemplary short story writer with something for everyone. I particularly liked the story about the pigs moving into town. Made me think of Animal Farm but sort of flipped on its head with the pigs as outcasts. Great social narrative in that one as well as many of the other stories.
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Francine
3.0 out of 5 stars Quirky little collection!
Reviewed in the United States on November 29, 2017
Moe Howard Died For Our Sins is a short collection of very odd little stories that some may find too strange for their taste but I found quite entertaining. The secondary title of the book is Made-To-Fit Tales for the Maladjusted and it’s probably this title that made me choose this book. The cover, to be honest, is not interesting at all and when that is the case it is necessary to have a great title to attract readers. Mr. White has provided the great title and the tales within deliver the quirkiness that is promised in the title. The stories are very short and easy to read and it would make a great bathroom book (we all know we have them). I do have a few favourites from the book, such as The Battle of Florence Tucker, which is about a lady who finds out that her perfectly southern life isn’t quite as cut and dried as she thought it was. It’s full of humour and I really wish that Mr. White would write an entire book with Florence Tucker and her friends and family as the characters. Another favourite was Nature of the Beasts. It’s this wonderfully written look at racism and fitting in when you’re from a different culture. The difference is that the characters are actual pigs. It reminded me a lot of one of my favourite books of all time, Animal Farm.
Some of the stories really don’t seem to work. They sometimes end abruptly, as if the author decided all of a sudden that he was finished with the story. However, there were only a couple like this and, although I didn’t like all of them to the extent that I did the other ones, especially Nature of the Beasts, they are a wickedly humorous little collection that will be a fun read for anyone with a bit of an off-beat sense of humour. Sometimes the stories can have a bit of nastiness to them (one refers to a homely lady as the Paper Bag Award) but I’ve never been very politically correct so it was right up my ally. It is definitely a book that will provide some amusement to those interested.
I read this book on my ereader and it formatted well. As I mentioned above, the cover could use some work so that it would entice a reader to pick the book up.
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Christine
1.0 out of 5 stars Not recommended...
Reviewed in the United States on November 24, 2017
Moe Howard Died For Our Sins is a variety of short stories, each comprising one chapter of the book. The book was strange to say the least. None of the stories are realistic. They are all just odd stories. Apparently Moe Howard might have been one of the Three Stooges because that chapter was dedicated to a guy who fell for a girl named Lucy who took him to some weird event where they talked a lot about the Three Stooges and learned how to be slapstick comics. His father eventually had him deprogrammed to be a normal member of society. Another chapter was about a man who levitated for fun. No sort of machine or prop necessary, he and his friends in the asylum could all float at will. When he was considered cured, he left the asylum and started a support group for floaters like him. By the end of that chapter, he had bought a big house and was floating around much to the chagrin of his mother. The book was sorta strange and was a lot of nonsense that I just could not wrap my mind around. I would not really recommend this book.
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Andris Mitt
4.0 out of 5 stars A Humorous, Intelligently Written Collection of Stories
Reviewed in the United States on November 29, 2017
This is a humorously yet well written set of stories that showcase Mr. White's considerable talent. From the opening tale The South's Greatest Writer, to its succeeding sibling Lunacy Grounded, to the final yarn, Mrs. Reinsman Rides Again, the reader is led on some interesting journeys through some intriguing places by some unforgettable characters. Hannah Rath, the feisty protagonist of The South's Greatest Writer, was one I found to be particularly interesting to follow. Furthermore, from a technical standpoint the prose is very good and the stories all take turns that are fun to observe and are believable. Finally, it is a credit to Mr. White's impressive abilities that he has the writer's gift of being to make his readers see, feel and believe everything that is happening to his characters, which is impressive.
If there is one flaw this set of stories has- and that is only an if- it is that one wishes some of them could be longer. Or even that novels could be written based on the doings of some of the characters. But, aside from that, there is not much wrong that I could find with Moe Howard Died For Our Sins.
So, if you like short story collections, are a fan of the short stories of John Cheever, and When The Nines Roll Over by David Benioff, or just appreciate good fiction, you should read this collection. It is hard for me to see how you will not like Moe Howard Died For Our Sins.
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