William Loizeaux

The Shooting of Rabbit Wells

A White Cop, a Young Man of Color, and an American Tragedy

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What put a white cop and a black youth on a tragic collision course? 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. The shooting stunned the placid, prosperous communities of New York. For twenty-five years author William Loizeaux, who went to high school with Rabbit, hasn't been able to let go of a story that struck at the core of the place that he, along with Rabbit and Sorgie, called home. With clear-eyed compassion and unsparing honesty, The Shooting of Rabbit Wells recreates the lives of both victim and killer and the force… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-1-62872-491-2
EAN: 9781628724912
Produktnummer: 22302698
Verlag: Simon + Schuster Inc.
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
Seitenangabe: 999 S.
Plattform: EPUB
Masse: 3'131 KB

Über den Autor

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.