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A Safeway in Arizona
What the Gabrielle Giffords Shooting Tells Us about the Grand Canyon State and Life in AmericaBy Tom ZoellnerNarrated by William HughesLength10h 9m
About this audiobook
A riveting account of the state of Arizona, seen through the lens of the Tucson shootings
On January 8, 2011, twenty-two-year-old Jared Lee Loughner opened fire at a Tucson meet and greet held by US representative Gabrielle Giffords. The incident left six people dead and thirteen injured, including Giffords, whom he shot in the head.
Award-winning author and fifth-generation Arizonan Tom Zoellner, a longtime friend of Giffords’ and a field organizer on her congressional campaign, uses the tragedy as a jumping-off point to expose the fault lines in Arizona’s political and socioeconomic landscape that allowed this to happen: the harmful political rhetoric, the inept state government, the lingering effects of the housing market’s boom and bust, the proliferation and accessibility of guns, the lack of established communities, and the hysteria surrounding issues of race and immigration.
Zoellner offers a revealing portrait of the southwestern state at a critical moment in history—and as a symbol of the nation’s discontents and uncertainties. Ultimately, it is his rallying cry for a saner, more civil way of life.
Audiobook details
GenreHistory, Psychology, True Crime
Length10 hrs 9 mins
Narrated byWilliam Hughes
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateDec 29, 2011
LanguageEnglish
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