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By the author of the acclaimed Inventing Niagara . . . True crime meets cultural history in this fascinating story of how America's interstate highway system opened a world of mobility and opportunity--for serial killers.

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Publisher
University of Texas Press
ISBN-10
0292726376
ISBN-13
9780292726376
eBay Product ID (ePID)
111363044

Product Key Features

Book Title
Killer on the Road : Violence and the American Interstate
Author
Ginger Strand
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Murder / General, United States / 20th Century, Civil / Highway & Traffic, Sociology / General, Murder / Serial Killers, General, Essays & Travelogues, Violence in Society
Publication Year
2012
Genre
Technology & Engineering, Travel, True Crime, Transportation, History, Social Science
Number of Pages
264 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
9in
Item Height
1in
Item Width
5.5in
Item Weight
18.9 Oz

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Series Volume Number
2
Lc Classification Number
Hv6524.S77 2012
Reviews
Ginger Strand is in possession of a sharp eye, a biting wit, a beguiling sense of fun--and a magnificent obsession., Draws startling parallels between the inexorable advance of the Interstate System and the proliferation of killers who were pathologically stimulated by that long, open road., Ginger Strand is in possession of a sharp eye, a biting wit, a beguiling sense of fun-and a magnificent obsession., . . . part true-crime entertainment, part academic exegesis, part political folk ballad. . . . Strand's cross-threaded tales of drifters, stranded motorists, and madmen got its hooks into me. Reading Ms. Strand's thoughtful book is like driving a Nash Rambler after midnight on a highway to hell., Who knew that these marvelously engineered clover-leafed roadways would not just drive the economy but also create a deadly combination of social transience and personal anonymity, destabilizing sociopaths and psychopaths while making them feel invulnerable to legal consequences? . . . Killer on the Road merges the chilling appeal of true-crime stories with compelling social history., [P]art true-crime entertainment, part academic exegesis, part political folk ballad...Strand's cross-threaded tales of drifters, stranded motorists, and madmen got its hooks into me. Reading Ms. Strand's thoughtful book is like driving a Nash Rambler after midnight on a highway to hell., . . . a hybrid of cultural historian and indefatigable roving reporter, who can't help taking quirky pleasure sometimes in what ought to be an utterly grim story., . . . draws startling parallels between the inexorable advance of the Interstate System and the proliferation of killers who were pathologically stimulated by that long, open road., [A] hybrid of cultural historian and indefatigable roving reporter, who can't help taking quirky pleasure sometimes in what ought to be an utterly grim story.
Table of Content
Introduction: Killer on the Road Chapter 1: What a Mean World This Is Chapter 2: Forklift Chapter 3: The Cruelest Blow Chapter 4: American Isolato Chapter 5: Drive-by Truckers Chapter 6: A Prayer for the Body Buried by the Interstate Sources and Acknowledgments
Copyright Date
2012
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
2011-038888
Series
Discovering America Ser.
Illustrated
Yes

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