Sins of the Son - Softcover

Stowers, Carlton

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0312975570 ISBN 13: 9780312975579

Publisher: St. Martin's True Crime, 2000

Synopsis

An acclaimed true-crime author takes on his toughest project of all-- writing about a murderer who happens to be his son.When a hideous murder makes the headlines, a barrage of questions usually appears in its wake: Why did this happen? Could it have been prevented? What kind of family was the criminal from? Are his parents in some way to blame? Any crime writer worth his salt would attempt to answer these questions-- but how do you address such questions when the killer is your own son?As a single father raising two sons, Carlton Stowers did his best to instill in his boys a healthy sense of right and wrong. But with Anson, his oldest, it would prove to be an ongoing uphill battle. At a young age, Anson began to angrily shun authority, and soon became involved with a number of illicit activities, including drugs, forgery, and theft. After each jail stay, Anson would vow to get clean and start anew. It became a revolving door for both father and son, until Anson, t

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From the Publisher

"The astounding autobiography of a true-crime tale with a difference."-Publishers Weekly

About the Author

Carlton Stowers is the author of more than two dozen nonfiction books, including the Edgar Award-winning Careless Whispers, the Pulitzer Prize-nominated Innocence Lost, and Open Secrets. He has also written two books for children-- A Hero Named George and Hard Lessons-- which are being used by elementary schools as part of their drug and gang prevention programs. He and his wife live in Cedar Hill, Texas.

About this edition

• Publisher: St. Martin's True Crime
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0312975570
• ISBN 13: 9780312975579
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 256