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SUTHERLAND SPRINGS
God, Guns, and Hope in a Texas Town
A riveting, compassionate examination of the 2017 mass shooting at a church in a small Texas town, revealing the community's struggles and triumphs long after the satellite news trucks have gone.
On November 5, 2017, a former Air Force enlistee opened fire in the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, killing twenty-six people in the worst mass shooting in a place of worship in American history. The media came, the media left - Houston Chronicle columnist Joe Holley stayed. He learned of the town's descent from luxury health spa and tourist destination to faded, dried up oil town. He learned how the close-knit community grappled with their loss, and asked questions of their faith and their politics. And he saw how an act of unspeakable violence reflects the complicated realities of Texas and America in the twenty-first century.
Joe Holley writes the "Native Texan" column for the Houston Chronicle. A native Texan himself, he received degrees from Abilene Christian University, the University of Texas at Austin, and Columbia University and is a former editor of the Texas Observer and a regular contributor to Texas Monthly. He is the author of Hurricane Season.
Joe Holley writes the "Native Texan" column for the Houston Chronicle. A native Texan himself, he received degrees from Abilene Christian University, the University of Texas at Austin, and Columbia University and is a former editor of the Texas Observer and a regular contributor to Texas Monthly. He is the author of Hurricane Season.
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Published 2020-03-17 by Hachette Book Group - New York (USA) |