Huh, who’d a thunk it? A grandson of Al Capone . . . is a Bear. That’s right, Chris W. Knight is husky, hairy, and homosexual. He has a new book out about what he found out about his father, the Son of Scarface. Check out his site at http://www.sonofscarface.com/.
The site says:
A provocative story, ‘Son of Scarface’ is a young man’s search for his father’s mysterious past. The simple, loving and honest parent had a double life and secret history that placed his unsuspecting family in a troubling legacy. In his autobiography, Chris Knight details how he uncovered the truth behind a family secret he heard as a young boy at his father’s funeral. An unbelievable story, his father life his entire life with deep secrets rivaling fiction. Growing up in a broken home, Chris and his sister were physically abused by their mother, whose actions were perhaps an attempt to safeguard her children from the truth that their grandfather was American’s most infamous gangster Al Capone – Scarface
It’s on sale now at Amazon.
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. I have Bear Cookin’ and I think I’ll break it out and actually cook almost every one of the recipes. If it has fish in it, I’m not eating it. I’ll report back on the food from the book and let you all know what I think. And I’ll post pictures in a Flickr feed for COL. I’ve also been thinking that it would be interesting to start a Bear Food podcast. Maybe see if Chef Tom of the Bearly Edible blog would like to participate. What do you all think? Would you listen to a podcast about food and bears?