Whack Job
Author: Rachel McCarthy James
The axe. A very useful tool that has been around a very long time. But since its invention, the axe has been used for much more than cutting wood. Humans have used the axe for much more bloody pursuits from the start.
This book tells the more dark history of the axe -- murders, war, executions.....definitely not the generally approved uses for the tool.
This was a very interesting and informative book, although very dark and bloody. Most of the history I already knew and most of the criminal cases I also already knew about. But, there were more than enough facts and information that was totally new to me to keep me reading.
It is very evident that the author did copious amounts of research into her topic. And, she presented the dark history of the axe in a very interesting way.
Very glad I read this book! And I will be looking for more from this author!
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