Bibliograph

Absolute convictions, my father, a city, and the conflict that divided America, Eyal Press

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Absolute convictions, my father, a city, and the conflict that divided America, Eyal Press

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-279) and index

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

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illustrationsmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Absolute convictions

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

46934862408586

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Eyal Press

Sub title

my father, a city, and the conflict that divided America

Summary

On October 23, 1998, Buffalo abortion provider Barnett Slepian was killed by a sniper's bullet fired through the kitchen window of his home. Days later, police informed another local doctor, Shalom Press, that they had received a threat warning that he was "next on the list." Within hours the Press household was under federal marshal protection. America's violent struggle over abortion--which had already claimed the lives of five doctors and clinic workers--had come to Buffalo. Press's son combines a retelling of his family's experience with firsthand accounts of protesters arrested outside his father's office, patients who braved the gauntlet of demonstrators, and politicians who attempted to appease both sides. Here we see, as never before, the people behind the absolute convictions that have divided our nation for the past three decades.--From publisher description

Table Of Contents

Seeds of discord -- The believers -- A soldier of God

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