April 27, 2007: Illuminated Site of the Week: They Don't Make 'Em Like They Used To

What makes the deathbed confessions of highwayman James Allen so fascinating? It's not that it's a compelling read, it's that the book is bound in human skin . . . that of the author. The only thing more interesting would be to learn to whom the Boston Athenæum has lent the volume.

-- Suggested by Scott Slemmons

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