9780312198411-0312198418-The Boys on the Tracks: Death, Denial, and a Mother's Crusade to Bring Her Son's Killers to Justice

The Boys on the Tracks: Death, Denial, and a Mother's Crusade to Bring Her Son's Killers to Justice

ISBN-13: 9780312198411
ISBN-10: 0312198418
Edition: 1
Author: Mara Leveritt
Publication date: 1999
Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books
Format: Hardcover 384 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780312198411
ISBN-10: 0312198418
Edition: 1
Author: Mara Leveritt
Publication date: 1999
Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books
Format: Hardcover 384 pages

Summary

The Boys on the Tracks: Death, Denial, and a Mother's Crusade to Bring Her Son's Killers to Justice (ISBN-13: 9780312198411 and ISBN-10: 0312198418), written by authors Mara Leveritt, was published by Thomas Dunne Books in 1999. With an overall rating of 4.4 stars, it's a notable title among other Presidents & Heads of State (Murder & Mayhem, True Crime, Criminology, Social Sciences, Leaders & Notable People) books. You can easily purchase or rent The Boys on the Tracks: Death, Denial, and a Mother's Crusade to Bring Her Son's Killers to Justice (Hardcover) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Presidents & Heads of State books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $2.65.

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The Boys on the Tracks is the story of a parent's worst nightmare, a quiet woman's confrontation with a world of murder, drugs, and corruption, where legitimate authority is mocked and the public trust is trampled. It is an intensely personal story and a story of national importance. It is a tale of multiple murders and of justice repeatedly denied.

The death of a child is bad enough. To learn that the child was murdered is worse. But few tragedies compare with the story of Linda Ives, whose teenage son and his friend were found mysteriously run over by a train. In the months that followed, Ives's world darkened even more as she gradually came to understand that the very officials she turned to for help could not, or would not, solve the murders. The story of betrayal begins locally but quickly expands. Exposing a web of silence and complicity in which drugs, politics, and murder converge, The Boys on the Tracks is a horrifying story from first page to last, and its most frightening aspect is that all of the story is true.

Mara Leveritt has covered this story since it first broke back in 1987. Her approach is one of scrupulous reporting and lively narrative. She weaves profiles and events into a smooth and chilling whole, one that leads the readers to confront, along with Linda Ives, the events' profoundly disturbing implications. A powerful story reminiscent of A Civil Action and Not Without My Daughter, The Boys on the Tracks is destined to become one of the most powerful works published in 1999.

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