A sniper in the Tower : the Charles Whitman murders / Gary M. Lavergne.
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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Denton, Tex. :
University of North Texas Press,
1997.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Physical Description: | xiii, 324 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
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| 250 | |a First edition. | ||
| 260 | |a Denton, Tex. : |b University of North Texas Press, |c 1997. | ||
| 300 | |a xiii, 324 pages : |b illustrations ; |c 24 cm | ||
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| 505 | 0 | |a 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. | |
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 520 | |a 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. | ||
| 520 | |a 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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