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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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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lavergne, Gary M., 1955-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Denton, Tex. : University of North Texas Press, 1997.
Edición:1st ed.
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  • TABLE OF CONTENTS; Prologue: Weathered Metal Plaques; 1: Two Very Different Upbringings; 2: The Soldier and the Teacher; 3: Austin Is Different; 4: The Nice Facade; 5: Oozing with Hostility; 6: After Much Thought; 7: The Neat Little House and the Swank Apartment; 8: The Glass-Paneled Door; 9: Strange Noises; 10: Houston; 11: Ramiro; 12: The General; 13: Independent Actions; 14: The White Headband; 15: To Whom It May Concern; 16: APD; 17: Why Did He Do It?; 18: Who Killed Charles Whitman; Epilogue: The Writer from Austin; Notes on Sources; Acknowledgments; Index.