Bibliograph

Sutherland Springs, God, guns, and hope in a Texas town, Joe Holley

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Sutherland Springs, God, guns, and hope in a Texas town, Joe Holley

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages [281]-284) and index

Illustrations

illustrationsplates

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Sutherland Springs

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1107817113

Responsibility statement

Joe Holley

Sub title

God, guns, and hope in a Texas town

Summary

"One part Columbine, one part God Save Texas, Joe Holley's riveting, compassionate book examines the 2017 mass shooting at a church in a small Texas town, revealing the struggles and triumphs of these fellow Texans long after the satellite news trucks have gone"--, Provided by publisherSutherland Springs, November 5, 2017. A former Air Force enlistee opened fire in the town's First Baptist Church. Twenty-six people died that Sunday morning, in the worst mass shooting in a place of worship in American history. Long after most journalists had left, Holley stayed with his fellow Texans, getting to know a close-knit group of people-- victims, heroes, and survivors. Holley shows how they work to come to terms with their loss and to rebuild shattered lives, marked by their deep faith in God and in guns. He uses the town as a prism for understanding how an act of unspeakable violence reflects the complicated realities of Texas and America in the twenty-first century. -- adapted from jacket

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