The Shooting of Rabbit Wells
A White Cop, a Young Man of Color, and an American Tragedy; with a New Introduction by the Author
What put a white cop and a black youth on a tragic collision course? This moving account is more timely than ever.On a frigid winter's night in 1973, William Rabbit” Wells, a young man of mixed race, was shot and killed by a white policeman named William Sorgie outside a bar in Bernardsville, New Jersey. The shooting, later ruled an accident, stunned local residents and the nation.For thirty years, author William Loizeaux, who went to high school with Rabbit, hasn't been able to forget what happened. With clear-eyed compassion and unsparing honesty, The Shooting of Rabbit Wells re-creates the lives of both victim and killer, and the forces th…
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- ISBN: 978-1-62872-618-3
- EAN: 9781628726183
- Produktnummer: 31917972
- Verlag: Simon + Schuster Inc.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2015
- Seitenangabe: 260 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 9'735 KB
- Auflage: Proprietary
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William Loizeaux grew up in Basking Ridge, New Jersey, is the author of Anna: A Daughter's Life and the novel A Tumble Inn, and works for children. He lives with his wife in Boston, where he is Writer-in-Residence at Boston University.
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