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Lethal Passage: The Story of a Gunby Erik Larson
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:This devastating book begins with an account of a crime that is by now almost commonplace: on December 16, 1988, sixteen-year-old Nicholas Elliot walked into his Virginia high school with a Cobray M-11/9 and several hundred rounds of ammunition tucked in his backpack. By day's end, he had killed one teacher and severely wounded another. In Lethal Passage Erik Larson shows us how a disturbed teenager was able to buy a weapon advertised as "the gun that made the eighties roar." In so doing, he not only illuminates America's gun culture — its manufacturers, dealers, buffs, and propagandists — but also offers concrete solutions to our national epidemic of death by firearm. The result is a book that can — and should — save lives, and that has already become an essential text in the gun-control debate. Review:"An artful slice of the story of what may be the greatest shame we as a nation have tried...to hide from ourselves....Fascinating." Chicago Sun-Times Review:"Larson interweaves the story of a boy and his gun...with a study of the causes and effects of our gun-happy society." Library Journal About the AuthorErik Larson is the bestselling author of the National Book Award finalist and Edgar Award-winning The Devil in the White City. He lives in Seattle with his wife, three daughters, and a dog named Molly. What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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