
Eleven Days in Hell : The 1974 Carrasco Prison Siege at Huntsville, Texas.
Title:
Eleven Days in Hell : The 1974 Carrasco Prison Siege at Huntsville, Texas.
Author:
Harper, William T.
ISBN:
9781574414097
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (244 pages)
Series:
North Texas Crime & Criminal Justice S., No. 3 ; v.No. 3
North Texas Crime & Criminal Justice S., No. 3
Contents:
Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- One-"Stop right there or I'll kill you!" -- Two-"Let's get the hell out of here." -- Three-"There's a man up here with a gun." -- Four-"Fred, what the hell are you doing?" -- Five-"I'm scared and sick, just sick." -- Six-"Put down your arms and surrender safely." -- Seven-"He will kill those people." -- Eight-"My God! They've shot Mr. Robinson." -- Nine-"We die a million deaths." -- Ten-"You play the cards you're dealt." -- Eleven-"We have more time." -- Twelve-"If you want to come, just come ahead." -- Thirteen-"We will assassinate everyone!" -- Fourteen-"We will kill as many people as possible." -- Fifteen-"You don't treat women that way." -- Sixteen-"I have the four aces and the joker." -- Seventeen-"I'm going out of here, whether it's alive or dead." -- Eighteen-"Get ready because we're going to start killing!" -- Nineteen-"I could have grabbed his gun." -- Twenty-"Meet my demands or prepare for war." -- Twenty-one-"I'm the executioner." -- Twenty-two-"I demand that an armored truck be waiting." -- Twenty-three-"If he'd only send out Linda Woodman." -- Twenty-four-"I'll see y'all soon." -- Twenty-five-"It's Over." -- Epilogue -- Citations and Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Abstract:
From one pm of July 24, 1974, until shortly before ten pm of August 3, 11 days later, one of the longest hostage-taking sieges in the history of the US took place in Texas' Huntsville State Prison. This is the story of that siege.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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