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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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Denton, Tex. :
University of North Texas Press,
1997.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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 evening he had killed his wife and mother, bringing the total to sixteen people dead and at least thirty-one wounded. The murders spawned debates over issues which still. Plague America today: domestic violence, child abuse, drug abuse, military indoctrination, gun control, the insanity defense, and the delicate balance between civil liberties and public safety. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiii, 324 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0585252319 9780585252315 1433711168 9781433711169 1280762098 9781280762093 9781574413380 1574413384 9781574410211 1574410210 9781574410297 1574410296 |