Show Crooked but Companionable Jack Black Is the t type pe of or man H. H L. L I is looking for tor to send to congress or the senate senate a a aman man crooked enough to know wh whit what whitis t is Js going on and yet et a man tastes are so limited and whose wants ants are so few that it mo may be said he is brother of ot our first unsung un- un ung rung and American DIogenes Diogenes Di Dl- who spoke the words All AU I want is an orange and a few kind words We Ve quote from Carl Sandburg's review In the New York World orld of ot Jack Blacks Black's story tory You Cant Can't VIn Win Mr Sandburg Sandbur sa says s 's farther sr r Jack Black was a hobo thief jailbird burglar convict stickup r His Ills stor story is a superb piece of ot autobiography testimony that cannot be impeached While it is a statement of a ah American tragedy it has laughter brevity style It ItIs itIs Is 15 easily in the shelf with the best story books about Robin Hood Dick Turpin Jesse James and Jimmy Valentine It is far and awa away a better record and tale than Dickens Dicken's Oliver Oliver Twit It develops develops develops devel devel- ops Its surprises In the calm Uncomplaining uncomplaining uncomplaining un un- complaining manner of or Defoe in Robinson Crusoe It is a strange and tragic document yet Its pages page are bracingly companionable It ItIs Itis Itis is one of or the friendliest books ever written |