Fighting Words #1: Chicago's Bob's Newsstand 1965-1985

Summary: Robert M. Katzman is a Chicago writer born in 1950 on the city¿s South Side. His stories of conflict and confrontation stem from running newsstands for twenty years, a kosher delicatessen, a four year magazine distribution war, a world travel foreign language bookstore, and one of America¿s last back issue magazine stores. Though he considers himself a Jewish writer, anyone of any race or religion who has ever tried ...to combat oppression or corrupt authorities will find meaning in his stories. Maybe even inspiration. [read more]