Chasing Starkweather: Massacre on the Great Plains

Orel Hackworth is new to Lincoln, Nebraska, in 1957. A news correspondent, he lives for finding the "big story." That "big story" finds him, though, when 19-year-old Charles Starkweather and his 14-year-old girlfriend, Caril Ann Fugate, go on a two-state killing spree, leaving eleven bodies behind. For three days in January, 1958, Lincoln is gripped in fear. The entire nation is aghast, watching the murders unfold on television, a new experience for many Americans. Even foreign media stays abreast of the situation on the Great Plains. With the help of a friend in the FBI's Lincoln office, Hackworth chases behind Starkweather, practically tripping over bodies in the process. His exclusive stories are printed in newspapers across North America, to the point that he gains notoriety himself. Hackworth follows the case of Charles Starkweather all the way down to the very end, until justice is served.

Author: Jeff Simmons
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 10/14/2016
Pages: 402
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.96lbs
Size: 7.99h x 5.00w x 0.89d
ISBN13: 9781537554587
ISBN10: 1537554581
BISAC Categories:
- True Crime | Murder | General

About the Author
Jeff Simmons is a former news reporter and teacher from Washington, West Virginia. He is a graduate of Ohio University, with degrees in journalism and education, with concentrated studies in world history. He is the author of "Wipers: A Soldier's Tale From the Great War" and "The Bonus." He currently resides in Cincinnati, Ohio.

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