A Sniper in the Tower: The Charles Whitman Mass Murders Paperback - 1997
by Gary M. Lavergne
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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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- Title A Sniper in the Tower: The Charles Whitman Mass Murders
- Author Gary M. Lavergne
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint.
- Pages 324
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher University of North Texas Press, Denton, Texas, U.S.A.
- Date 1997-03
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps
- ISBN 9781574410297 / 1574410296
- Weight 1.12 lbs (0.51 kg)
- Dimensions 9.55 x 5.6 x 0.93 in (24.26 x 14.22 x 2.36 cm)
- Reading level 1160
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 20th Century
- Cultural Region: Southwest U.S.
- Geographic Orientation: Texas
- Library of Congress subjects Whitman, Charles Joseph, Mass murderers - Texas - Austin - Biography
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 96-50411
- Dewey Decimal Code B
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Citations
- Library Journal, 05/01/1997, Page 123
- Publishers Weekly, 04/28/1997, Page 65
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