The True American: Murder and Mercy in Texas
- ISBN-10
- 0393239500
- ISBN-13
- 9780393239508
- Category
- Social Science
- Pages
- 336
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2014-05-05
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Author
- Anand Giridharadas
Description
Describes how a Bangladeshi immigrant, shot in the Dallas mini mart where he worked in the days after September 11 in a revenge crime, forgives his assailant and petitions the State of Texas to spare his attacker the death penalty. 20,000 first printing.
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