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Charles Chapin's story

by Charles E. Chapin

Level B2 · Upper-intermediateClassics19 chapters
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CEFR level
B2
Length
19 chapters
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About this book

A celebrated city editor faces life imprisonment after a devastating act driven by despair and mental anguish. Inside Sing Sing, he reflects on humanity, justice, and the fragile boundary between normality and madness.

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Contents

19 chapters in all. The first chapter is free to read with no account.

02PUBLISHERS’ NOTE
03INTRODUCTION
04WHY THIS BOOK WAS WRITTEN
05CHAPTER I FROM THE BOTTOM
06CHAPTER II BARNSTORMING
07CHAPTER III CHICAGO TRIBUNE DAYS
08CHAPTER IV MY FIRST BIG “SCOOP”
09CHAPTER V A MURDER MYSTERY
10CHAPTER VI “STAR” REPORTING
11CHAPTER VII A CITY EDITOR AT TWENTY-FIVE
12CHAPTER VIII BREAKING INTO PARK ROW

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