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Secret Witness: The Untold Story of the 1967 Bombing in Marshall, Michigan
Blaine Pardoe
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Description for Secret Witness: The Untold Story of the 1967 Bombing in Marshall, Michigan
Hardcover. How a vicious bombing murder on Main Street shattered the small town of Marshall, Michigan Num Pages: 211 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 456.
Every small town has a moment when the real world abruptly intrudes, shattering the town's notions of itself and its people. For citizens of Marshall, Michigan, that moment came August 18, 1967. Nola Puyear was working downtown at the Tasty Cafe that morning when she received a package. She opened it and was instantly killed in a fiery explosion.
In the months that followed, law enforcement and prosecutors wrestled with a crime that to all appearances was senseless. Evidence recovered from the blown-up restaurant, including a bottle of pills that had been tainted with lye, suggested a concerted plot ... Read more
Every small town has a moment when the real world abruptly intrudes, shattering the town's notions of itself and its people. For citizens of Marshall, Michigan, that moment came August 18, 1967. Nola Puyear was working downtown at the Tasty Cafe that morning when she received a package. She opened it and was instantly killed in a fiery explosion.
In the months that followed, law enforcement and prosecutors wrestled with a crime that to all appearances was senseless. Evidence recovered from the blown-up restaurant, including a bottle of pills that had been tainted with lye, suggested a concerted plot ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN REGIONAL
Condition
New
Number of Pages
216
Place of Publication
Ann Arbor, United States
ISBN
9780472118236
SKU
V9780472118236
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About Blaine Pardoe
Blaine Pardoe lives in Virginia but was raised in Battle Creek and Marshall, Michigan. He is an accomplished historian, with several historical nonfiction books to his credit as well as a large number of science fiction and military novels. He is the author of Lost Eagles: One Man's Mission to Find Missing Airmen in Two World Wars, a winner of ... Read more
Reviews for Secret Witness: The Untold Story of the 1967 Bombing in Marshall, Michigan
Secret Witness reads like a Jim Thompson noir novel, burrowing into the dark crevices of the rural American landscape. But this is no fictional work of fevered imagination; it's the real thing. Blaine Pardoe nimbly explores his story of murder, sex, and psychopaths in what makes for a crackling good read. This is a real 'can't put it down' ... Read more