Thirteen Seconds: Confrontation at Kent State

ESZTERHAS, Joe and Michael D. Roberts

ISBN 10: 0396062725 / ISBN 13: 9780396062721

Edité par Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, 1970

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First edition. 308pp. Illustrated with black and white plates. Slightly bowed boards and toning on the board edges else near fine in a near fine dust jacket with toning and edgewear. Advance review copy with publisher's material laid in. N° de réf. du vendeur 529849

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Titre : Thirteen Seconds: Confrontation at Kent State

Éditeur : Dodd, Mead & Company, New York

Date d'édition : 1970

Reliure : Hardcover

Etat : Near Fine

Etat de la jaquette : Near Fine

Edition : Edition originale

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Book by Eszterhas Joe

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The dramatic original account of events that shook the nation. At noon on May 4, 1970, a thirteen-second burst of gunfire transformed the campus of Kent State University into a national nightmare. National Guard bullets killed four students and wounded nine. By nightfall the campus was evacuated and the school was closed. A generation of college students said they had lost all hope for the System and the future. How did it happen that young Americans in battle helmets, gas masks, and combat boots confronted other young Americans wearing bell-bottom trousers, flowered shirts, and shoulder-length hair? What were the issues and why did the confrontation escalate so terribly? Would there be future confrontations like the one of May 4? To answer these questions, prize-winning reporters Eszterhas and Roberts, who were on campus on May 4, spent weeks interviewing all the participants in the tragedy. They traveled to victims' homes and talked to relatives and friends; they spoke to National Guardsmen on the firing line and to students who were fired on. By putting together hundreds of first-person accounts they were able to establish for the first time what actually took place on the day of the shooting.