| A Mind for Murder: The Education of the Unabomber and the Origins of Modern Terrorism Contributor(s): Chase, Alston (Author) |
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ISBN: 0393325563 ISBN-13: 9780393325560 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company OUR PRICE: $27.50 Product Type: Paperback Published: May 2004 Annotation: Through Chase's compelling narration of the planning and execution of unabomber Ted Kaczynski's crimes, we come to know a thoroughly cold-blooded killer, but one whose ideas were uncannily close to those of mainstream America. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Criminals & Outlaws - True Crime | Murder - General |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2002014205 |
| Physical Information: 1.2" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (1.30 lbs) 437 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This is a radically new interpretation of the life and motives of the infamous Unabomber. Alston Chase's gripping account follows Ted Kaczynski from an unhappy adolescence in Illinois to Harvard, where he was subject not only to the despairing intellectual currents of the Cold War but also to ethically questionable psychological experiments. Kaczynski fled academia to the edge of the wilderness in Montana, but Chase shows us that he was never the wild mountain man the media often assumed him to be. Kaczynski was living in a book-lined cabin just off a main road when he formulated the view of the world that he used to justify murder. Through Chase's compelling narration of the planning and execution of Kaczynski's crimes, we come to know a thoroughly cold-blooded killer, but one whose ideas were uncannily close to those of mainstream America. Originally published in hardcover as Harvard and the Unabomber. |
Contributor Bio(s): Chase, Alston: - Alston Chase is a writer and independent scholar specializing in intellectual history. He lives in Paradise Valley, Montana. |