Twentynine palms
a true story of murder, marines, and the Mojave
by Deanne Stillman
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"Twentynine Palms is a compelling account of the devastating murder of two young girls by a troubled Marine in a rural California desert town. More than just a murder-mystery, it is a passionate dissection of desert life itself. The Mojave becomes a character for Stillman, as powerful and immediate as any of the actors in this real-life drama"--Provided by publisher.
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Twentynine palms: a true story of murder, marines, and the Mojave
2008, Angel City Press
in English
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1883318793 9781883318796
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Twentynine Palms: A True Story of Murder, Marines, and the Mojave
March 26, 2002, Harper Paperbacks
in English
0380794012 9780380794010
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Twentynine Palms: A True Story of Murder, Marines, and the Mojave
April 3, 2001, William Morrow & Company, William Morrow
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0380975602 9780380975600
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August 2, 1991, Twentynine Palms, California: a troubled Marine who has recently returned from the Gulf War savagely murders two young girls. One girl was about to turn sixteen, the other twenty-one.
Exquisitely and inexorably, Deanne Stillman uses this tragedy as a prism through which she explores not only the murders and the families involved but a rootless culture of fatherless families, shattered dreams, and relentless violence. In haunting, vivid prose, she creates a farreaching story of America itself, carrying us into the empty white heart of the Mojave, as we meet and come to know the modern nomads who turn to the West for salvation only to be devoured by its false promise.
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