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The Long Shadow of Small Ghosts: Murder and Memory in an American City
Laura Tillman
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Description for The Long Shadow of Small Ghosts: Murder and Memory in an American City
Paperback. A harrowing, profoundly personal investigation of the causes, effects, and communal toll of a deeply troubling crime - the brutal murder of three young children by their parents in the border city of Brownsville, Texas. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: BG; BTC; JFFE; JFSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. .
On March 11, 2003, in Brownsville, Texas - one of America's poorest cities - John Allen Rubio and Angela Camacho murdered their three young children. The apartment building in which the brutal crimes took place was already rundown, and in their aftermath a consensus developed in the community that it should be destroyed. It was a place, neighbours felt, that was plagued by spiritual cancer. In 2008, journalist Laura Tillman covered the story for The Brownsville Herald. The questions it raised haunted her, particularly one asked by the sole member of the city's Heritage Council to oppose ... Read more
On March 11, 2003, in Brownsville, Texas - one of America's poorest cities - John Allen Rubio and Angela Camacho murdered their three young children. The apartment building in which the brutal crimes took place was already rundown, and in their aftermath a consensus developed in the community that it should be destroyed. It was a place, neighbours felt, that was plagued by spiritual cancer. In 2008, journalist Laura Tillman covered the story for The Brownsville Herald. The questions it raised haunted her, particularly one asked by the sole member of the city's Heritage Council to oppose ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781472152145
SKU
9781472152145
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Ref
99-2
About Laura Tillman
Laura Tillman is an award-winning journalist whose work has appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Nation, and Pacific Standard, among other publications. Originally from Maplewood, New Jersey, she began her career at The Brownsville Herald in South Texas. She holds a BA in International Studies from Vassar College and an MFA in Creative Nonfiction from ... Read more
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