Proximity to Death

Author/Contributor(s):	McFeely, William S
Publisher:	W. W. Norton & Company
Date:	02/01/2001
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

In a personal investigation of the death penalty, McFeely, a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, finds himself in a role he had never imagined for himself: an expert witness in the sentencing trial of a convicted kidnapper, rapist, and murderer. "A remarkable book--part historical tract, part political manifesto--that examines one of the most bitter issues of contemporary life".--"Boston Globe".