Scott Brick
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 10 - AR Pts: 23
Lexile measure
1350L
Language
English
Description
Inside isolated American communities, some 40,000 Mormon Fundamentalists still practice polygamy--defying both civil authorities, and the Mormon establishment in Salt Lake City. At the core of Krakauer's book are the brothers Ron and Dan Lafferty, who insist they received a commandment from God to kill a woman and her baby daughter. Meticulously researching this double murder, Krakauer uncovers a shadowy offshoot of America's fastest growing religion,...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.7 - AR Pts: 24
Lexile measure
1300L
Language
English
Description
Irrepressible individualist and iconoclast Pat Tillman walked away from his $3.6 million NFL contract in May 2002 to enlist in the United States Army. Deeply troubled by 9/11, he felt a strong moral obligation to join the fight against al-Qaeda and the Taliban. Two years later, he died on a desolate hillside in Afghanistan. Though obvious to most on the scene that a ranger in Tillman's own platoon had fired the fatal shots, the Army aggressively maneuvered...
Author
Language
English
Description
"In these pages, acclaimed journalist Jon Krakauer investigates a spate of campus rapes that occurred in Missoula over a four-year period. Taking the town as a case study for a crime that is sadly prevalent throughout the nation, Krakauer documents the experiences of five victims: their fear and self-doubt in the aftermath; the skepticism directed at them by police, prosecutors, and the public, their bravery in pushing forward and what it cost them....
Author
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
This classic essay from Jon Krakauer is now available as an unabridged audiobook download. This essay is also included in the Classic Krakauer collection.
From the bestselling author of Missoula and Into the Wild: a selection of the singular investigative journalism that made Krakauer famous, covering topics from avalanches on Mt. Everest to a volcano in Washington state; from a wilderness therapy program for teens to an extraordinary...
From the bestselling author of Missoula and Into the Wild: a selection of the singular investigative journalism that made Krakauer famous, covering topics from avalanches on Mt. Everest to a volcano in Washington state; from a wilderness therapy program for teens to an extraordinary...