Three Weeks in October: The Hunt for the Washington Sniper - Rilegato

Moose, Charles A.; Fleming, Charles

 
9780752861067: Three Weeks in October: The Hunt for the Washington Sniper
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ISBN 10: 0752861069 ISBN 13: 9780752861067
Casa editrice: Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd ), 2004

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Wednesday evening 2nd October 2002, a man is suddenly shot dead in a parking lot in Maryland, Washington DC. There are no witnesses. The killing fails to make the following morning's papers. As Montgomery County Police Chief, Charles Moose notes this, and rues the cheapness of modern life, another call comes in -- a man has been shot dead mowing a lawn; half an hour later a taxi driver lies dead on the forecourt of a Mobil station. Chief Moose's worst nightmare is about to unfurl -- a serial sniper is on the loose in the affluent Washington suburbs. Three Weeks In October is the inside story of America's worst sniper case on record. Chapters detailing the tense, day-by-day unfolding of the killing -- there were ultimately 13 victims before John Allen Muhammad and his young nephew Lee Malvo were arrested asleep in a beaten up car -- are intercut with the life story of one of America's most high-profile police chiefs. Moose worked his way up the ranks against the backdrop of the mean streets of Portland, Oregon. Shy, often unorthodox in his methods, but ultimately very popular in the force -- a cop's cop -- Moose's story is all the more remarkable given the colour of his skin.Or, in the words of a psychiatrist Moose was once referred to after one outburst too many: 'You are a black policeman, and the police department is a racist institution. The history of police departments in America is a racist history. You better get used to it, or get out.You cannot get angry.'

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Informazioni sull'autore

Charles Fleming is the author of High Concept: Don Simpson and the Hollywood Culture of Excess (Bloomsbury 1999). He's written on Hollywood for Newsweek and Vanity Fair, among other publications.

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Editore
Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
Data di pubblicazione
2004
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
0752861069
ISBN 13 
9780752861067
Rilegatura
Tapa dura
Numero di pagine
322
Contatto del produttore
non disponibile
Persona responsabile
non disponibile

Altre edizioni note dello stesso titolo

9780525947776: Three Weeks in October: The Manhunt for the Serial Sniper

Edizione in evidenza

ISBN 10:  0525947779 ISBN 13:  9780525947776
Casa editrice: E P Dutton, 2003
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