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Can I read BORN TO RAISE HELL : The Untold Story of Richard Speck on EtoBox?
BORN TO RAISE HELL : The Untold Story of Richard Speck by Altman, Jack;Ziporyn, Marvin is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is BORN TO RAISE HELL : The Untold Story of Richard Speck about?
For the younger readers of this review, I will tell you that Richard Speck was an alcoholic, drug using, itinerant seaman who, on a July night in 1966, killed 8 student nurses in their Chicago residence. Older true crime devotees will not need this introduction.BORN TO RAISE HELL, co-written by professional writer Jack Altman and psychiatrist Marvin Ziporyn, is a highly intelligent, highly professional, and highly fascinating study of the persona of Richard Speck. Speck's life is examined in detail and what results is Ziporyn's analysis of Speck as a person and consequently of the likely reasons for Speck's rampage.Ziporyn's analysis is presented by means of excerpts from over 100 hours of conversation between Ziporyn, who was at the time the psychiatrist for the Cook County jail, and Speck. It is particularly refreshing that the sole focus of the book is Speck. There is no nothing in the book which suggests even an attempt to glorify Ziporyn, who is basically little more than an outstandingly intelligent messenger.And it is interesting that Richard Speck, a brain damaged man who one night, with no initial intention to do so, committed an atrocious crime - as opposed to a cunning,
Who reads BORN TO RAISE HELL : The Untold Story of Richard Speck?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Altman, Jack;Ziporyn, Marvin
- Published
- 1967
- Language
- EN
- Category
- nonfiction