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The book - Maverick: Legend of the West, and revision

posted 10 years ago by grambax
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Hi,

Can any avid Maverick fans please advice, is the Second (Revised) printing of Ed Robertson's, apparently excellent, book on the Series worth spending double the price on to get the Revised edition?

We've recently embarked on watching the series in order, and this seems an excellent time to invest in an accompanying guide. However times are tight and I am wondering if I can make do with the older version, which I would guess includes the most vital details. I do see that the page count has increased from around 200 to around 300, but that could be largely re-formatting. I do believe the late, great, James Garner may have contributed to the Second Edition however.

While on the subject, I have Burl Barer's book about the Series and film. How does that compare?

Any advice or thoughts would be much appreciated.

Thanks!

[–] Jborman9 10 years ago

I received the original version as a gift several years ago and really enjoyed it. It is insightful and gives a lot of background/behind the scenes stuff that is interesting to read. It also provides basic summaries for each episode so taht they're easier to find.

Apparently the revision has additional interviews and info that was not included in the original. Having not seen the revision, I couldn't tell you whether it's worth shelling out more dough for, though. Sorry.