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020			_a9781477317181 _qhardcover
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092			_a364.1523 _bM147
049			_aNFGA
100	1		_aMcGraw, Seamus, _eauthor. _9207779
245	1	0	_aFrom a taller tower : _bthe rise of the American mass shooter / _cSeamus McGraw.
250			_aFirst edition.
264		1	_aAustin : _bUniversity of Texas Press, _c2021.
264		4	_c©2021
300			_axiii, 240 pages ; _c23 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aPrologue. The deepest silence there is -- The Texas sharpshooter fallacy -- Deliver us from evil -- To kill the last killer -- 'Tis not alone my inky cloak -- Jokers wild -- If you see something, say something -- A good guy with a gun -- I cling to my gun, you cling to yours -- The fog of war in peacetime -- From a taller tower -- Epilogue. The silence between gunshots.
520			_a"This book is a deep dive into mass shootings--events in which one or more gunmen shoot more than four people--which have become increasingly common, particularly in America, over the last six decades. The book opens on a personal note, describing an event in which the author failed to protect an innocent man from violence, which he likens to our national inability to act and protect each other from these atrocities. From there, he goes back to August 1, 1966, when Charles Whitman murdered more than a dozen people with a sniper's rifle from atop the University of Texas tower. McGraw posits Whitman as the first mass shooter of the era, and uses his case to begin exploring the myths, tropes, and truths of this phenomenon"-- _cProvided by publisher.
650		0	_aMass shootings _zUnited States. _9360831
650		0	_aSchool shootings _zUnited States. _9393233
650		0	_aMassacres _zUnited States.
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