The suspect : an Olympic bombing, the FBI, the media, and Richard Jewell, the man caught in the middle
Alexander, Kent B.2020
Book
On 27th July, 1996, a hapless former cop turned hypervigilant security guard named Richard Jewell spotted a suspicious bag in Atlanta's Centennial Park, the town square of the 1996 Summer Games. Inside was a bomb, the largest of its kind in FBI and ATF history. Minutes later, the bomb detonated amid a crowd of 50,000 people. But thanks to Jewell, it only wounded 111 and killed two, not the untold scores who would have otherwise died. With the eyes of the world on Atlanta, the Games continued. But the pressure to find the bomber was intense. Within 72 hours, Jewell went from the hero to the FBI's main suspect. What really happened that evening? Here the authors reconstruct all the events.
Main title:
The suspect : an Olympic bombing, the FBI, the media, and Richard Jewell, the man caught in the middle / Kent Alexander & Kevin Salwen.
Author:
Alexander, Kent B., authorSalwen, Kevin, author
Imprint:
London : Hodder, 2020.©2019
Collation:
359 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Film tie-in.
ISBN:
9781529365870 (pbk)
Dewey class:
364.1523409758231
Language:
English
Related title:
The suspect : an Olympic bombing, the FBI, the media, and Richard Jewell, the man caught in the middle
Subject:
Jewell, Richard, 1962-2007Centennial Olympic Park Bombing, Atlanta, Ga., 1996Bombing investigation -- Atlanta -- GeorgiaTerrorism -- United States -- History -- 20th centuryTrue CrimeHistory: specific events & topicsSocial services & welfare, criminologyTerrorism, armed struggleNews media & journalism
BRN:
393790