Shelters for the Self

A Review by LaMano

This is as minimal and as compelling as it gets. No “tweaking” to make it sound more interesting like we might come to expect from modern books or movies, it’s just raw and atmospheric and real.

Don’t expect to spend days or even hours reading it the first time. You can get through all of it, the forewords and background and historical context and the actual diary, in about 30 minutes of reading.  But I find myself picking it up again and again; the last time with a calendar of the Pacific war next to it.

A hand-written diary picked up on a battle-torn Pacific island after all the Japanese on the island were dead or captured, passed on to someone else, translated and typed up while the memories were still clear, it has the feel of half a chapter of Henri Charriere’s Papillon; the translation is not perfect, the diarist was not a skilled writer. He just says what he is feeling, tells what he did while the bombs crashed around him, and with each reading you get a little more of his mood..

The writer is a young, loyal, frightened, courageous petty officer attached to an Imperial Japanese Navy anti-aircraft artillery unit on the island of Biak during the American invasion. You get a sense of the kind of propaganda that he had been fed by some statements he makes. He has never been in close combat with his enemy, and yet of the American troops he says “…. the enemy are known to be weak in maneuver and will cry and flee when attacked …..” Each time a Japanese aircraft flies over, they're told that it sank an American ship. Maybe you HAVE to believe that sort of thing in that situation...

Perhaps someday, someone will be able to use the clues in the diary to get this information to his family. But in the meantime, we can get a sense of the fear and hopelessness of a Japanese soldier coming to the realization of just what magnitude of a “sleeping giant” Japan has awakened from its slumber...

Shelters for the Self

(c) 2018 LaMano

Shelters for the Self by James LaFond and Scott Cole

The Captured Diary of Petty Officer Second Class Koyama

I am very proud to announce the first book to be published under the Crackpot label.  When James and I started podcasting on a lark in June of 2017, "The Crackpot Podcast" was the first name he suggested, it made me laugh and we ran with it.  A few months ago he suggested we start a new publishing account together, so that I could further encroach on his work and handle cover design, pricing, uploading, and other administrative duties.  This was after I insisted on editing every new book before its release, starting with Masculine Axis.

James attracts contributors, just by being the friendly and accessible writing machine that he is.  Shelters for the Self drew out Scott Cole, a veteran who lived in Japan.  Scott was able to identify the battle described by Koyama in his diary, the taking of Biak by American forces, that began in May of 1944.  Scott created a timeline to correspond to diary entries, and added cultural and language context as well.  The operator of the Twitter account known as Wrath of Gnon was also moved to contribute.  He currently resides in Japan and was able to give additional translation advice and performed detective work on the diarist, providing other readers with valuable information that might lead to the discovery of Koyama's descendants or other relatives.  I must thank Tony Cox for volunteering his excellent proofreading services.

It has been a great privilege to work with James, and the community that he has built, on this project, and I hope for many more to come.

Lynn

*****

The diary of Petty Officer Second Class Koyama was a spoil of war, passed from the hands of an American veteran of World War II into the possession of his heirs, forgotten and found again. It is published here as an artifact of the Pacific theater, memory of which slips away in favor of events in Europe, and in hopes of a connection between the descendants of men made enemies.

Available in paperback and in Kindle edition.

(c) 2018 Lynn Lockhart

Man Gearing by James LaFond

Building an Unapologetic, Masculine Mindset in an Effeminate World

The author contends that the current sissy age is a domesticating construct devoted to your emasculation. Although these views are put forth by a man generally believed to be “insane” and at best a maniac, a crank who claims to commune with the ghost of an ancient Scythian Khan, you might want to consider that your forefathers sold you out for a cozy life and reject their degenerate aspirations in favor of a warrior’s view of this limp-wristed world.

Available in paperback, coming soon in Kindle edition.

Son of a Lesser God by James LaFond - Crackpot Podcast Ep 26

James and Lynn speak with Bob, otherwise known as Ishmael, about living in the West, his father and more.

The Crackpot Podcast features the masculinist James LaFond and motherslave Lynn Lockhart.

Audio:




YouTube:

0:00:50  Introducing Ishmael, Son of a Lesser God (Kindle, paperback)
0:01:55  The buffalo hunt
0:08:50  What makes an animal tastier
0:13:30  Shooting vs. fishing
0:15:00  The importance of proximity
0:16:35  Beartooth Loop
0:21:07  How is the winter so far?
0:23:30  Hayden Fork
0:24:45  Forest fires
0:27:00  Kokanee salmon & other fish
0:30:35  Ishmael was a late in life child
0:35:05  The skills needed for life in the mountains, starting early
0:36:55  Grandchildren
0:37:40  Mushrooms
0:39:00  How did Ishmael find James' website?
0:47:20  Raccoons and other wildlife
0:51:30  Books for young readers
0:54:23  Imagining Head Smashed In
1:00:03  Thrill killing by wild predators
1:03:15  Fowl
1:05:03  Bear
1:06:20  Alcohol
1:11:05  Vegetarianism
1:16:08  Aging the catch
1:18:20  Generation gaps
1:20:34  Travel plans
1:23:00  Mushrooms again and other foraging

(c) 2018 Lynn Lockhart & James LaFond

Autumn in a Dying City by James LaFond

Letters from the Last Whiteman in Baltimore

This controversial Harm City title has been banned from print sales on Amazon.

Living in America’s most violent city offers lessons for the future for those portions of the U.S. which have not yet fallen to the will of its masters. James LaFond is an unrepentant jerk who lives as poor white trash in the worst possible example of where urban modernity is headed.

Do you want a guide, or will you just wing it?

Kindle version available at Amazon.

For a print copy, contact James.

Writing Unchained by James LaFond

Prolific Writing by Design

Whether you need to write or want to write, James LaFond offers the valuable perspective of one who has learned from the ground up, leaving out no part of the process, from initial outline to titling, who understands his craft intricately.

Available in paperback.

Masculine Axis by James LaFond

A Meditation on Manhood and Heroism

James LaFond writes about masculinity with the assurance of a man who knows what he is about. Only by understanding and practicing masculinity, through literature, at work, with their mates and family members, in combat, sports and in fellowship with other men, may the men of our sick society preserve their property, families, cultural patrimony and their own souls.

Available in paperback and Kindle edition.

The Pale Usher by James LaFond

Impressions of Moby Dick: Herman Melville and Modern Man?s Transcendental Journey

In The Pale Usher, the author, masculinity historian James LaFond, examines the text and subtext of the 25-chapter overture to Moby Dick as an allegory of Civilized Man’s awakening to his socially submerged self—a primal quest within the domesticated human in search of his authentic self. In this work, the author goes on to examine the works of such authors as Robinson Jeffers, J. R. R. Tolkien, Clark Ashton Smith, Thomas Ligotti, Dan Simmons, Bram Stoker, Ambrose Bierce, Phillip K. Dick, Carl Jung, Robert Bloch and H.P. Lovecraft.

Available in paperback or Kindle edition.

The Lies That Bind Us by James LaFond

The Foundational Falsehoods of the American Dream

The Lies that Bind Us is an open-ended exploration of the ingeniously layered falsehoods that misinform the moral foundations of the Greatest Lie Ever Told, how we came to the brink of the abyss and the many slain truths that might have been.

Available in paperback and Kindle edition.

The Hunt for Whitey

Recognizing and Surviving the Condition of Anarcho-Tyranny

BobCatMaster says The Hunt for Whitey is "chilling and surreal."

Available in paperback and Kindle edition.

So His Master May Have Him Again by James LaFond

A History of Runaway White Slaves in Plantation America: Part One

Did you know that the story of black bondage in Early America, as horrible as it was, quite literally paled in comparison to the more than 200 years of white enslavement? The African slave trade in North America did not begin in earnest until 1678 and would not outstrip white slave shipments until 1740. Did you know that when George Washington served as President in Philadelphia there were as few as 100 black slaves in that city, where it was illegal to hold blacks for more than six months, in the Quaker state of Pennsylvania, which held over 200,000 whites in bondage for terms of 7-14 years? It was for this very reason that the founder of his nation chose to free his black slaves and replace them with Germans. Did you know that the first slaves in English speaking America were Welsh-English colonists intentionally marooned on Roanoke Island and then enslaved by Indians? Then welcome to the savage world that American Historians have lied about for nearly 100 years—welcome to the land were people were literally “planted” so that others might own them.

Available in paperback.

The Mind of Mescaline Franklin by James LaFond

The Awakening of a Paleface Ethnocist

An awakening mind, Mescaline Franklin is the Aryan Resistance name of a young white nationalist who drove into Baltimore one summer afternoon seeking an audience with a little-known crackpot indie writer, best regarded for his dissertation on stabbing people with improvised weapons. The man who would take the best street name in the Alternative Right knew he was walking the earth in the time when his ancestral enemies were pulling down the shroud of night. The grandson of a man who fought the World Order on the Russian Front an age ago, now living across the river from the towers of power that pulled the strings of that World Order, he knew he had to spread the word of “dissent not consent” among working white men. Toward that end he would journey to the nadir of urban blight on a monthly quest to hone his persuasive edge on the knuckle-dented head of End Time America’s most prolific outcast, growing incipient strands that formed a simple, defiant creed.

Available in paperback.

Habitat Hoodrat: Yo-Nation by James LaFond

Harm City U.S.A., 2016-17

Yo Nation is a survey of geeks, thugs, freaks, killers and the meek as they experience cultural freefall in the moral vacuum of Baltimore City, Maryland, better known to its inmates as Harm City. In Harm City there are vacancies aplenty as over 12,000 residents flee with eyes wide shut each and every year.

See also the companion volume: Habitat Hoodrat: Ho-Nation.

Available in paperback.

Being a Bad Man in a Worse World by James LaFond

Fighting Smart: Boxing, Agonistics & Survival

Being a Bad Man in a Worse World is a three part handbook for the postmodern man:

-Boxing, learning in the gym and ring
-Agonistics, fighting with blades and sticks
-Survival in the streets of America during its escalating race war.

Available in paperback.

Good Morning, Dindustan! by James LaFond

Urban Life at the End of Caucasian Time

In Good Morning Dindustan! James LaFond, discoverer of Dindustan, examines the new aggression paradigm in Urban America, in over 100 articles. The author’s primary focus is on the anarcho-tyranny experiment known as Baltimore, Maryland, pilot city of the future—and it could be your future, so pay attention, Cracker. With articles by Lili Hun and Jeremy Bentham and Ishmael.

Available in paperback.

White in the Savage Night by James LaFond

A Politically Incorrect Life In Words: 2016

This collection of scenes, experiences and vignettes from the life of a willingly impoverished writer, numbers 83 attempts to preserve the lives of ordinary people and the varied landscapes upon which their journey plays out in words, including: 

-Before the World Sinks 

-Mud Shark and Spawn 

-The Inequity of Faeries 

-3 Minutes in a Baltimore County Liquor Store 

-White in the Savage Night 

-Monica’s Tears Dry Here

Available in paperback and Kindle edition.

When Your Job Sucks by James LaFond

Postmodern Wage Slave Narratives

When Your Job Sucks, the prime steakhouses of the world and hipster health-food eateries are closed to you.  Therefore, within this litany of job descriptions, that are hopefully worse than yours, the reader will find cheap-eating leads in the form of The Poor Tour and The Ghetto Gourmet, the author’s own answer to eating on less a week than most spend on their Saturday night dinner tip.

Available in paperback and Kindle edition.

One Soul Under God by James LaFond

The Humorously Examined Life of Columbine Joe

Columbine Joe is the one time street name of a classic Baltimore character, who survived a life of boxing, drugs, crime and ruthless women to eventually eke out a living as a food prep worker, liquor store clerk, personal trainer and FaceBook evangelist. Between April 2015 and September 2016, he told his stories to the author as they walked together through the nighted streets of Eastern Baltimore County.

Available in paperback.

Waking Up in Indian Country by James LaFond

Harm City: 2015

A survival guide for the feral urbanite, or for the poor soul who accidentally ends up in a mid-sized majority-black American city.

Available in paperback and Kindle edition.

Thriving in Bad Places by James LaFond

Studies in Awareness, Avoidance and Counter-Aggression

At a glance, how lethal is the environment you find yourself in? How can you predict aggression? How can you detect threat development? How can you discourage aggression? What are the phases of confrontational escalation? What does predation look like? What are the foundations for effective counter-aggression? If you would like to know the answers to these questions read Thriving in Bad Places.

Available in paperback.