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Killer on the road : violence and the American interstate
Title:
Killer on the road : violence and the American interstate
Author:
Strand, Ginger Gail.
Personal Author:
Edition:
First edition.
Publication Information:
Austin : University of Texas Press, 2012.
Physical Description:
vi, 252 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Summary:
Looks at the correlation between the construction of the Interstate Highway system and the rise in the national murder rate, highlighting specific killers and how the highway system changed America.
Language:
English
Contents:
Introduction: Killer on the Road -- What a Mean World This Is -- Forklift -- The Cruelest Blow -- American Isolato -- Drive-by Truckers -- A Prayer for the Body Buried by the Interstate.
ISBN:
9780292726376
Format :
Book