Tears of Rage: From Grieving Father to Crusader for Justice: The Untold Story of the Adam Walsh Case [VINTAGE 1997] [FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING]
Language: English
Published by Pocket Books, a division of Simon & Schuster Inc., New York, 1997
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Fine unread condition black boards, black spine, and gold spine lettering contained in a fine condition non price-clipped color photographic dust jacket. Includes Author Dedication and Acknowledgments; Preliminary Page Quote by William Wordsworth; Prologue; and Appendix consisting of: Crime Victims' Rights Constitutional Amendment Senate Joint Resolution 6 Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of the United States to Protect the Rights of Crime Victims; Sample Letter to Congress in Support of the Crime Victims' Rights Constitutional Amendment; and Help Organizations. Illustrated with a section of black-and-white photographic plates. "As the host of the immensely popular America's Most Wanted, John Walsh has been instrumental in the capture of nearly four hundred and fifty of this country's most dangerous fugitives. However, few know the full story of the personal tragedy behind his public crusade: the 1981 abduction and murder of his six-year-old son, Adam. Here, for the first time, Walsh, his wife, Reve, and their closest friends tell the wenching tale of Adam's death - and the infuriating conspiracy of events that have kept America's No. 1 crime fighter from obtaining justice and closure for himself and his family. At the time of Adam's disappearance from a Hollywood, Florida mall, there was no system for tracking kidnapped children. The FBI was reluctant to get involved, and local police had more information on stolen cars than on missing kids. Two weeks later, when Adam's remains were found in a drainage canal more than one hundred miles from home, John Walsh had already begun his nightmare journey into a criminal justice system that would work against him in ways he never could have imagined. This is the powerful story of Walsh's transformation from grieving father to full-time activist, and how he enlarged the search for Adam's killer into an exhaustive, sixteen-year battle on behalf of thousands of missing and abused children. Described lovingly by his wife as "a man on a mission," Walsh has persevered in the face of corruption, indifference, and the horrendous mishandling of his own son's case. His efforts to put the faces of missing children on milk cartons marked the beginning of a campaign to raise national awareness. Today, his actions have sparked an international victims' rights movement that gives a voice to the millions each year whose lives are touched by violent crime. The dramatic impact of John Walsh's fight for change is finally being felt among policymakers, law enforcement agencies, and parents. The heartbreaking story chronicled in Tears of Rage is, ultimately, the story of a true American hero: a man who challenged the system in the name of his son." - from the inner front and rear jacket flaps.
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- Title
- Tears of Rage: From Grieving Father to Crusader for Justice: The Untold Story of the Adam Walsh Case [VINTAGE 1997] [FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING]
- Author
- Walsh, John; Schindehette, Susan
- Publisher
- Pocket Books, a division of Simon & Schuster Inc., New York
- Publication year
- 1997
- Condition
- Fine
- Dust jacket
- Fine
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Perez, Josphe (cover design); Clark, Robert (photographs of John Walsh); Adam Walsh Children's Fund (Adam Walsh photograph)
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Printing
- 1st Printing
- Dimensions
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
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