an expert on Lincoln’s life‚ death and everything in between. He’s a member of the advisory committee of the national Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission and serves on the Board of the Ford Theatre Society. Consequently‚ CHASING LINCOLN’S KILLER‚ Swanson’s first book for young readers‚ has the mark of a story being told by someone who is truly geeked out by his subject. He practically stumbles over himself (to the assured delight of readers) to share each gritty detail about the days following
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The underestimated killer. It accounts for 330‚000 injuries a year. In 2013 it accounted for 13% of fatalities in Colorado alone. This is the cause for every 1 and 4 crashes in America. Have any guesses yet? Well‚ here you go. The big bad killer itself… Texting and Driving! This is one of the biggest problems that we face today in America. It is also one of the most underestimated problems that we face at the same time. 98% of drivers who own cell phones and text regularly said they were aware of
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Killers Richard Strout is the true killer of this story. This man walks through the “front door” (Dubus 107) of his ex-wife’s house and proceeds in shooting Frank “twice in the chest and once in the face with a nine millimeter automatic” (107). Standing over the blood spattered couch he shifts his eyes from the brainy chaos‚ which was a man’s face just seconds before‚ to the children that are sitting on that same couch. He then looks at the mother of those children‚ his children. She is not looking
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Disease is a silent killer. Sometimes you’re dead and gone before anyone even realizes what happened. Many societies in American history have been greatly affected wiped out because of a disease. And to other people that disease could be just the flu‚ take some medicine and get over it‚ where one out of thousands die from it. The article 1491 says‚ “The epidemic (probably of viral hepatitis‚ […]) took years to exhaust itself and may have killed 90 percent of the people in coastal New England.”
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killing and killing is fun. Every day when he wakes‚ he looks forward to slaughtering anyone and everyone he can. He’s a lot like John Wayne Gacy‚ the killer clown who killed 33 boys and men. They both only kill for pleasure. And just because they have emotions does that mean we should sympathize with them? Would you sympathize with a serial killer? Unstoppable killing machines should be killed the same way they kill their victims. They shouldn’t live just because they have feelings. Would you
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Persuasive Speech Outline The Effects of Captivity on Killer Whales Specific Purpose: To persuade my audience that holding killer whales in captivity is harmful to the mammal. Central Idea: Holding killer whales in captivity is a harmful problem to the mammal that requires action from both the government and the public. Introduction On February 24‚ 2010 couples and families were seated in the stadiums at SeaWorld in Orlando‚ Florida for one of the most popular shows at the theme park
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The Makings of a Female Serial Killer Everyone’s childhood plays an extremely important role in determining who they will become and who they grow up to be. Your childhood molds and shapes you in every way. But not everyone’s childhood is happy and picture perfect‚ as some kids grow up in an environment that can set them up for hate and failure‚ which can ruin their chances for success. The childhood people have is the base that they build on to form their psychological base in adulthood (Vronsky
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felt the feeling of being scared‚ whether it be a somewhat silly fear such as‚ being afraid of the dark or as serious as the fear of death itself. The novel It is about fears in general. A very common fear of clowns that seems to run central for the majority of Americans. “The terrifying clown called It‚ which may represent our childhood and adult fears and how easily we allow them to rule our lives;” (2-5). Sometimes people really do let their lives be controlled by their fears. Sometime it can be
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poem To the Mercy Killers tackles one of the most controversial issues in America today: euthanasia. No other issue has divided and caused much division and divergence in thought and views in this county as mercy killing and has through the years along with abortion become the defining topic of politics in America. Mercy killing and in fact the very question of what defines life has becoming a moral dilemma and a divisive factor in our society. Dudley Randall’s To the Mercy Killers is a moving appeal
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John Wayne Gacy is known today as one of the most disturbed serial killers in American history. Over the course of 6 years he claimed the lives of 33 men‚ brutally raping‚ torturing and eventually murdering them. Eventually‚ he was caught by police and was tried and convicted for his crimes. He was sentenced to die by lethal injection and was executed in 1994. Gacy was born in Chicago during the 1940’s. As a child he was very overweight and shy. He was very close to his mother but felt the need
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