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Aberration in the Heartland of the Real
The Secret Lives of Timothy McVeigh
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This compelling biography suits readers interested in true crime, American history, and sociopolitical analysis, especially those keen on understanding complex figures and their broader cultural contexts.
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Presenting startling new biographical details about Timothy McVeigh and exposing stark contradictions and errors contained in previous depictions of the "All-American Terrorist," this book traces McVeigh's life from childhood to the Army, throughout the plot to bomb the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building and the period after his 1995 arrest until his 2001 execution.
McVeigh's life, as Dr. Wendy Painting describes it, offers a backdrop for her discussion of not only several intimate and previously unknown details about him, but a number of episodes and circumstances in American History as well. In Aberration in the Heartland of the Real, Painting explores Cold War popular culture, all-American apocalyptic fervor, organized racism, contentious politics, militarism, warfare, conspiracy theories, bioethical controversies, mind control, the media's construction of villains and demons, and institutional secrecy and cover-ups.
All these stories are examined, compared, and tested in Aberration in the Heartland of the Real, making this book a much closer examination into the personality and life of Timothy McVeigh than has been provided by any other biographical work about him.
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ISBN: 9781634240031
Publisher: Trine Day
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 19 April 2016
Country: United States
Imprint: Trine Day
Illustration: Illustrations
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 40.0mm
Width: 152.0mm
Height: 228.0mm
Weight: 743g
Pages: 720
About the Author
Wendy S. Painting, PhD, works as a freelance investigative researcher. Her extensive and seminal investigatory research into the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing and Timothy McVeigh distinguishes her as a leading national expert on both subjects. She coauthored and co-produced the 2011 documentary film, A Noble Lie: Oklahoma City 1995.
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