Chasing Starkweather Massacre on the Great Plains eBook Jeff Simmons
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Orel Hackworth is new to Lincoln, Nebraska, in 1957. A news correspondent, he lives life as simply as possible, all the while looking for the "big story" and dating a waitress from his favorite diner. The big story finds him, however, when 19-year-old Charles Starkweather and his 14-year-old girlfriend, Caril Ann Fugate, go on a two-state killing spree, leaving eleven bodies behind. For three days in January, 1958, Lincoln is gripped in fear. The entire nation is aghast, watching the murders unfold on television, a new experience for many Americans. Even foreign media stays abreast of the situation on the Great Plains. With the help of a friend in the FBI's Lincoln office, Hackworth chases behind Starkweather, practically tripping over bodies in the process. His exclusive stories are printed in newspapers across North America, to the point that he gains notoriety himself. Hackworth follows the case of Charles Starkweather all the way down to the very end, until justice is served.
Chasing Starkweather Massacre on the Great Plains eBook Jeff Simmons
Maybe historical fictional accounts are not my cup of tea but this book was really bad. The author drones on and on about every little detail of his career as war veteran turned newspaper reporter. The reader has to hear about every drink he has, every meal he has, every smoke he has, his falling in love with a local girl, where he lives, what he drives, what he wears every day. Literally day after mind numbing day in the life of a reporter..... and on and on it goes. If you want an account of Starkweather and Fugate you will not get it here. He finally catches up with them about two-thirds of the way into the book and surprise goes on and on about himself. However if you want to read a book about a newspaper reporter by all means this is it.Product details
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Chasing Starkweather Massacre on the Great Plains eBook Jeff Simmons Reviews
Though the Starkweather murdering spree was an intense and gruesome story, Jeff Simmons presented it in a way that even I, a Pollyanna, Hallmark movie enthusiast type girl, found it to be an excellent read. This was one of those "couldn't put it down" books.
It is told from the perspective of a fictional journalist covering the crimes. As the reader, you are intertwined in the journalist's life, his work ethic, his habits, his fears, and his time of falling in love. There is a great deal of dialogue and you easily develop a relationship with the journalist, his associates, and the woman he falls in love with. This book screams movie.
Jeff Simmons presented the heinous crimes in a restrained fashion mostly by sharing the journalist's newspaper articles. Also, he has a perfect sense of timing for comedy relief. Humor is shared in a way that quickly takes the reader away from feeling the horror of a story so shockingly real.
This book is one of the best I've read of recent. I am giving it 5 stars for the skillful story telling and the restrained manner used for presenting horrific facts. I hope it goes to the big screen; I will be first in line at the theater.
Fiction and non-fiction were seemless. Very well written & thoroughly researched.
From start to finish, couldn't put it down. "Just the facts, ma'am.," Joe Friday prose.
Based on actual events in the 50's in Lincoln, Nebraska, this book held me spellbound from beginning to end. The tragic horrendous killing spree by two young sick individuals holds the reader captive with suspense and the ultimate question of "why". It is an easy read with flowing sequential action prohibiting the reader from putting it down. This book certainly needs to be portrayed on the big screen. I recommend it to anyone who likes historical fictional accounts presented in high suspense. I will read more by this author.
Maybe historical fictional accounts are not my cup of tea but this book was really bad. The author drones on and on about every little detail of his career as war veteran turned newspaper reporter. The reader has to hear about every drink he has, every meal he has, every smoke he has, his falling in love with a local girl, where he lives, what he drives, what he wears every day. Literally day after mind numbing day in the life of a reporter..... and on and on it goes. If you want an account of Starkweather and Fugate you will not get it here. He finally catches up with them about two-thirds of the way into the book and surprise goes on and on about himself. However if you want to read a book about a newspaper reporter by all means this is it.
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