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1 online resource (244 pages) |
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North Texas Crime & Criminal Justice S., No. 3 ; v. No. 3 |
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North Texas Crime & Criminal Justice S., No. 3
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| Contents |
Series Page; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; One-"Stop right there or I'll kill you!"; Two-"Let's get the hell out of here."; Three-"There's a man up here with a gun."; Four-"Fred, what the hell are you doing?"; Five-"I'm scared and sick, just sick."; Six-"Put down your arms and surrender safely."; Seven-"He will kill those people."; Eight-"My God! They've shot Mr. Robinson."; Nine-"We die a million deaths."; Ten-"You play the cards you're dealt."; Eleven-"We have more time."; Twelve-"If you want to come, just come ahead." |
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Thirteen-"We will assassinate everyone!"Fourteen-"We will kill as many people as possible."; Fifteen-"You don't treat women that way."; Sixteen-"I have the four aces and the joker."; Seventeen-"I'm going out of here, whether it's alive or dead."; Eighteen-"Get ready because we're going to start killing!"; Nineteen-"I could have grabbed his gun."; Twenty-"Meet my demands or prepare for war."; Twenty-one-"I'm the executioner."; Twenty-two-"I demand that an armored truck be waiting."; Twenty-three-"If he'd only send out Linda Woodman."; Twenty-four-"I'll see y'all soon." |
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Twenty-five-"It's Over."Epilogue; Citations and Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
From one pm of July 24, 1974, until shortly before ten pm of August 3, 11 days later, one of the longest hostage-taking sieges in the history of the US took place in Texas' Huntsville State Prison. This is the story of that siege |
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Print version record |
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Carrasco, Fred, -1974.
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| SUBJECT |
Carrasco, Fred, -1974 fast |
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Texas. State Penitentiary at Huntsville.
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Texas. State Penitentiary at Huntsville fast |
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Prison riots -- Texas -- Huntsville
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Prison violence -- Texas -- Huntsville
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Hostage negotiations -- Texas -- Huntsville
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Hostage negotiations
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Prison riots
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Prison violence
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Texas -- Huntsville
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781574414097 |
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1574414097 |
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