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Foxcatcher : the true story of my brother's murder, John du Pont's madness, and the quest for Olympic gold / Mark Schultz, with David Thomas.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Thorndike Press large print crime scenePublisher: Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, 2015Copyright date: ©2014Edition: Large print editionDescription: 415, 8 pages (large print) : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1410476146 (hardcover)
  • 9781410476142 (hardcover)
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Contents:
Prologue -- Making a champion. A fighter's chance ; From off the mat to champion ; John du Pont ; One and done at UCLA ; Creating an aura ; National champion! ; Escape from hell ; Brothers, Olympians ; Golden moment ; Erasing the asterisk -- Destroying a champion. Just "Coach" ; A man and his program in disarray ; At all costs ; Protest at the Olympics ; A new home, a new life ; Trouble at Foxcatcher ; Why? ; My ultimate victory ; Justice.
Summary: On January 26, 1996, Olympic gold medalist Dave Schultz was shot in the back by John E. du Pont at the family's famed Foxcatcher Farm estate in Pennsylvania. Dave and his brother, Mark, were both gold medal-winning wrestlers who should have been at the peak of their careers. Du Pont was heir to a life of privilege. How did this senseless murder happen? Mark Schultz takes us behind the scenes at Foxcatcher Farm -- and inside the head of the wealthiest convicted murderer in history.
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Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Large Print Book Large Print Book Main Library Large Print NonFiction 796.812 S387 Available 33111009678182
Total holds: 0

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On 22nd January 1996 Dave Schultz, Olympic gold medallist and wrestling's golden boy, was shot in the back by John E. du Pont at the famed Foxcatcher estate in Pennsylvania. That started a two day siege at the ranch before the du Pont family heir was finally captured. 'Foxcatcher' is Mark Schultz's vivid portrait of the complex relationship he and his brother had with du Pont, a man whose catastrophic break from reality lead to tragedy.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 413-414).

Prologue -- Making a champion. A fighter's chance ; From off the mat to champion ; John du Pont ; One and done at UCLA ; Creating an aura ; National champion! ; Escape from hell ; Brothers, Olympians ; Golden moment ; Erasing the asterisk -- Destroying a champion. Just "Coach" ; A man and his program in disarray ; At all costs ; Protest at the Olympics ; A new home, a new life ; Trouble at Foxcatcher ; Why? ; My ultimate victory ; Justice.

On January 26, 1996, Olympic gold medalist Dave Schultz was shot in the back by John E. du Pont at the family's famed Foxcatcher Farm estate in Pennsylvania. Dave and his brother, Mark, were both gold medal-winning wrestlers who should have been at the peak of their careers. Du Pont was heir to a life of privilege. How did this senseless murder happen? Mark Schultz takes us behind the scenes at Foxcatcher Farm -- and inside the head of the wealthiest convicted murderer in history.

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