Last Rampage : the Escape of Gary Tison / James W. Clarke

Clarke, James W. (1937- )

ISBN 10: 0395467217 / ISBN 13: 9780395467213

Published by Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1988

About this Item

Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 320 pages; Description: xv, 320 p. , [4] p. Of plates : maps, ports. ; 24 cm. Maps on lining papers. Includes index and bibliographical references. Subjects: Tison, Gary Gene, 1935-1978. Arizona State Prison. Criminals --United States --Biography. Serial murders --Southwest, New. Escapes --Arizona --Case studies. Fugitives from justice 1 Kg.

Seller Inventory # 163804

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Last Rampage : the Escape of Gary Tison / James W. Clarke
• Publisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin
• Publication Date: 1988
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0395467217
• ISBN 13: 9780395467213
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Weight: 1 kilogram

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Synopsis

The true story of a multiple murderer, his prison escape, aided by his family, and the trail of victims left in their wake paints a chilling portrait of a killer and a troubled criminal justice system

Reviews

Tison was serving two consecutive life sentences for murder when, accompanied by another killer named Randy Greenawalt and aided by members of Tison's family, he broke out of Arizona State Prison in 1978. The two escapees and Tison's sons Donny, Ray and Ricky left a trail of corpses in their wake as they eluded law-enforcement pursuit across Arizona, Colorado and New Mexico. The chilling trek came to an end in a shoot-out near the Mexican border: Donny was killed; Tison fled but later died of exposure; sons Ray and Ricky, and Greenawalt are now on death row. Clarke, a political-science professor at the University of Arizona, explores the legacy of lawlessness Gary Tison inherited from his grandfather and father; his marriage (his wife adored him); and the misplaced confidence his sons placed in him. He also examines the ways Tison took advantage of the prison system. Warden Harold Cardwell considered him a model of the rehabilitated hardened criminal, choosing to overlook his history of escape attempts and even detailed reports of the final escape plan. This is a riveting account of a bloody crime spree and a first-class study of a cunning sociopath in action. Photos.
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