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

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 inn...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	McGraw, Seamus (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Austin : University of Texas Press, [2021]
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Mass shootings > United States. School shootings > United States. Massacres > United States. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General.

Table of 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.