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A sniper in the tower : the Charles Whitman murders /

On August 1, 1966, Charles Joseph Whitman ascended the University of Texas Tower and committed what was then the largest simultaneous mass murder in American history. He gunned down forty-five people inside and around the Tower before he was killed by two Austin police officers. During the previous...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lavergne, Gary M., 1955- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [Denton, Tex.] : University of North Texas Press, 1997.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Prologue: Weathered metal plaques
  • Two very different upbringings
  • The soldier and the teacher
  • Austin is different
  • The nice facade
  • Oozing with hostility
  • After much thought
  • The neat little house and the swank apartment
  • The glass-paneled door
  • Strange noises
  • Houston
  • Ramiro
  • The general
  • Independent actions
  • The white headband
  • To whom it may concern
  • APD
  • Why did he do it?
  • Who killed Charles Whitman?
  • Epilogue: The writer from Austin.