From a taller tower : the rise of the American mass shooter / Seamus McGraw.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McGraw, Seamus, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mass shootings--United States.

Mass shootings.

School shootings--United States.

School shootings.

Massacres--United States.

Massacres.

United States.

Physical Description:

xiii, 240 pages ; 23 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Austin : University of Texas Press, 2021.

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"-- Provided by publisher.

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781477317181

147731718X

OCLC:

1182021476