Eleven days in hell: the 1974 Carrasco prison siege in Huntsville, Texas
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Main Author: Harper, William T. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Denton, Tex. University of North Texas Press ©2004
Series:Crime and criminal justice series no. 3
North Texas crime and criminal justice series no. 3
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-333) and index
"Stop right there or I'll kill you!" -- "Let's get the hell out of here" -- "There's a man up here with a gun" -- "Fred, what the hell are you doing?" -- "I'm scared and sick, just sick" -- "Put down your arms and surrender safely" -- "He will kill those people" -- "My God! they've shot Mr. Robinson" -- "We die a million deaths" -- "You play the cards you're dealt" -- "We have more time " -- "If you want to come, just come ahead" -- "We will assassinate everyone!" -- "We will kill as many people as possible" -- "You don't treat women that way" -- "I've got four aces and the joker" -- "I'm going out of here, whether it's alive or dead" -- "Get ready because we're going to start killing!" -- "I could have grabbed his gun" -- "Meet my demands or prepare for war" -- "I'm the executioner." -- "I demand that an armored truck be waiting" -- "If he'd only send out Linda Woodman. -- "I'll see y'all soon" -- "It's over" -- Epilogue
From one o'clock on the afternoon of July 24, 1974, until shortly before ten o'clock the night of August 3, eleven days later, one of the longest hostage-taking sieges in the history of the United States took place in Texas' Huntsville State Prison
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 346 pages)
ISBN:141759358X
9781417593583

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