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Last Rampage: The Escape of Gary Tison - Softcover

Clarke, James W.

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9780816519675: Last Rampage: The Escape of Gary Tison
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ISBN 10: 0816519676 ISBN 13: 9780816519675
Publisher: University of Arizona Press, 1999

Synopsis


In 1978 convicted murderer Gary Tison escaped from an Arizona prison with the help of his three sons. Over the following two weeks, Tison and his gang roamed the Southwest, murdering six people before confronting police in a bloody shootout near the Mexican border. Next to the Gunfight at the OK Corral, this is the most sensational crime story in Arizona history.

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About the Author


James W. Clarke is Professor of Political Science at the University of Arizona. He is also the author of American Assassins: The Darker Side of Politics; On Being Mad or Merely Angry: John W. Hinckley, Jr. and Other Dangerous People; and The Lineaments of Wrath: Race, Violent Crime, and American Culture.

From the Back Cover

When convicted murderer Gary Tison broke out of an Arizona prison with the help of his sons in 1978, it was an embarrassment to the state. Then it became a nightmare. Tison and his gang murdered six people before they were stopped near the Mexican border. Clarke's story of that manhunt is a chilling account of both cold-blooded murder and astonishing corruption within the state penal system. "Last Rampage" is a tale of criminal ruthlessness that has been called the "In Cold Blood" of the American West. Twenty years later, overtaxed law enforcement and overcrowded prisons can only make us wonder if such an incident could happen again.

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Publisher
University of Arizona Press
Publication date
1999
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0816519676
ISBN 13 
9780816519675
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
336
Rating
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    89 ratings by Goodreads