Trail of Feathers : Searching for Philip True, a Reporters Murder in Mexico and His Editors Search for Justice

English

ISBN: 158648222X

EAN: 9781586482220

Category: Language Arts & Disciplines / Journalism/Social Science / Ethnic Studies / Native American Studies/Social Science / Violence in Society/True Crime / Murder / General/

Publisher: PublicAffairs

Release Date: 10/01/2005

Synopsis: In December 1998,San Antonio Express-Newsreporter Philip True vanished during a solo backcountry trek in western Mexico, home of the reclusive Huichol Indians and the Chapalagana, the Twisted Serpent Canyon, a 150-mile long gash that twists and plunges through the heart of the Sierra Madre. Five days later his editor, Robert Rivard, was part of a small search party that, nearly miraculously, tracked a trail of feathers that had leaked from Trues sleeping bag to find his body.Trail of Feathersis the story of the search for True and of the quest to bring his killers to justice. It is also the story of another perplexing mystery: Why had True taken such a dangerous trip, into such a raw, uncivilized wilderness, alone and without sufficient safety preparations, in the first place? After an unhappy and unsettled youth, True was at the age of fifty finally settling down to a career and a wife he loved. His first child was about to be born. What was he running from, or to?Rivards search for answers to these questions leads him deep into the Sierra Madre Occidental, one of Mexicos last true wildernesses, and deep into the secrets of Philip Trues past. It also leads him into his own past, and an acknowledgment of the ways in which his life and Trues mirrored each other. Suspenseful, atmospheric, and moving,Trail of Feathersis more than a true crime tale; its a classic tragedy about how the past reverberates destructively into the present for individuals, for cultures, for nations.

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Trail of Feathers : Searching for Philip True, a Reporters Murder in Mexico and His Editors Search for Justice

Illustrated: Yes

Format: Hardcover

Height: 1.36 inches

Width: 6.13 inches

Length: 9.25 inches

Weight: 26.28 oz

Pages: 432