Remember Saturday-morning cartoons? Two minutes of filler between commercials for supersoakers and sixteen thousand forms of sugar, including salted sugar. I think advertising is necessary because it often imparts vital information to the consumer. For example, paper towels with two plies are more absorbent. Wider gaps in tire treads help prevent hydroplaning. Fluoride fights tooth decay. Visiting some foreign countries might make your body react negatively. And then you’re back to the two-ply thing. It’s the circle of life.
I consider this advertisement for the book Ma Barker: America’s Most Wanted Mother necessary. I don’t think you’d know about it any other way.
Enter to win a copy of the new book
Ma Barker: America’s Most Wanted Mother.
In a time when notorious Depression-era criminals were terrorizing the country, the Barker-Karpis Gang stole more money than mobsters John Dillinger, Vern Miller, and Bonnie and Clyde combined. Five of the most wanted thieves, murderers, and kidnappers by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in the 1930s were from the same family. Authorities believed the woman behind the band of violent hoodlums that ravaged the Midwest was their mother, Kate “Ma” Barker.
To learn more about Ma Barker and the Barker-Karpis Gang read
Ma Barker: America’s Most Wanted Mother.
Supersoakers Not Included.
