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- 2012277667 abstract "This is a searing family memoir of a wild boyhood in Texas that led to the vicious murder of the author's brother by actor Woody Harrelson's father. In 1968 the author's brother, Alan, was murdered by Charles Harrelson, notorious hit man and father of Woody Harrelson. Alan was only thirty-one when he disappeared and for more than six months his family did not know what had happened to him, until his remains were found in a ditch in Texas. There was an eyewitness to the murder: Harrelson's girlfriend, who agreed to testify. Even so, Harrelson was acquitted with the help of the most famous criminal lawyer in America. Writing with cold-eyed grief and lacerating humor, the author, a trial lawyer himself, shares intimate details about his striving Jewish family that perhaps set Alan on a course for self-destruction, and the wrenching miscarriage of justice when Alan Berg's murderer went unpunished. Since burying his brother, the author has never discussed how he died. But then about three years ago, details from his past crept into his memory and he began to research his family's legacy and his brother's death, informed by his expertise as a seasoned attorney. The result is a raw and painful memoir that taps into the darkest human behaviors, a fascinating portrait of an iconic American place, and a true-crime courtroom murder drama, perfectly calibrated.".
- 2012277667 contributor B12486707.
- 2012277667 created "2013.".
- 2012277667 date "2013".
- 2012277667 date "2013.".
- 2012277667 dateCopyrighted "2013.".
- 2012277667 description "This is a searing family memoir of a wild boyhood in Texas that led to the vicious murder of the author's brother by actor Woody Harrelson's father. In 1968 the author's brother, Alan, was murdered by Charles Harrelson, notorious hit man and father of Woody Harrelson. Alan was only thirty-one when he disappeared and for more than six months his family did not know what had happened to him, until his remains were found in a ditch in Texas. There was an eyewitness to the murder: Harrelson's girlfriend, who agreed to testify. Even so, Harrelson was acquitted with the help of the most famous criminal lawyer in America. Writing with cold-eyed grief and lacerating humor, the author, a trial lawyer himself, shares intimate details about his striving Jewish family that perhaps set Alan on a course for self-destruction, and the wrenching miscarriage of justice when Alan Berg's murderer went unpunished. Since burying his brother, the author has never discussed how he died. But then about three years ago, details from his past crept into his memory and he began to research his family's legacy and his brother's death, informed by his expertise as a seasoned attorney. The result is a raw and painful memoir that taps into the darkest human behaviors, a fascinating portrait of an iconic American place, and a true-crime courtroom murder drama, perfectly calibrated.".
- 2012277667 extent "xvi, 254 pages ;".
- 2012277667 identifier "1476715637".
- 2012277667 identifier "9781476715636".
- 2012277667 identifier 2012277667-b.html.
- 2012277667 identifier 2012277667-d.html.
- 2012277667 issued "2013".
- 2012277667 issued "2013.".
- 2012277667 language "eng".
- 2012277667 publisher "New York : Scribner,".
- 2012277667 spatial "Texas".
- 2012277667 spatial "United States".
- 2012277667 subject "364.152/309764 23".
- 2012277667 subject "Berg, Alan, -1968.".
- 2012277667 subject "Berg, David, 1942- Family.".
- 2012277667 subject "HV6533.T4 B47 2013".
- 2012277667 subject "Murder Texas Case studies.".
- 2012277667 subject "Radio broadcasters Death.".
- 2012277667 subject "Radio broadcasters United States Biography.".
- 2012277667 title "Run, brother, run : a memoir of a murder in my family / David Berg.".
- 2012277667 type "text".