The Resource From a taller tower : the rise of the American mass shooter, Seamus McGraw
From a taller tower : the rise of the American mass shooter, Seamus McGraw
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- Summary
- "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."--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xiii, 240 pages
- Contents
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- Prologue. 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
- Isbn
- 9781477317181
- Label
- From a taller tower : the rise of the American mass shooter
- Title
- From a taller tower
- Title remainder
- the rise of the American mass shooter
- Statement of responsibility
- Seamus McGraw
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "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."--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- TxU/DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- McGraw, Seamus
- Dewey number
- 364.152/340973
- Government publication
- government publication of a state province territory dependency etc
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- HV6536.5
- LC item number
- .M34 2021
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Mass shootings
- School shootings
- Massacres
- Mass shootings
- Massacres
- School shootings
- United States
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- From a taller tower : the rise of the American mass shooter, Seamus McGraw
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Prologue. 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
- Control code
- on1182021476
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xiii, 240 pages
- Isbn
- 9781477317181
- Lccn
- 2020034081
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Label
- From a taller tower : the rise of the American mass shooter, Seamus McGraw
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Prologue. 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
- Control code
- on1182021476
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xiii, 240 pages
- Isbn
- 9781477317181
- Lccn
- 2020034081
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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