Description
Book SynopsisThere is no silence on earth deeper than the silence between gunshots; From a Taller Tower faces the depths of that silence, which follows in the wake of the mass shootings that have plagued the United States.
Trade Review[
From a Taller Tower] details how our culture of rage, victimhood, narcissism and love of guns has created an onslaught of violence that’s almost impossible to keep up with…[a] powerful new book. * MEL Magazine *
From a Taller Tower traces the history of the American mass shooter — at Columbine, Sandy Hook, Parkland — without giving in to the notoriety that so many of them seek. With few exceptions, the murderers are never named. Instead, the book examines the beliefs many Americans hold onto about guns, mass shootings and mental illness, and confronts the circumstances that allow these catastrophes to continue. * NPR *
A memorable, necessary contribution to the national conversation on gun violence. * Kirkus, Starred Review *
It is a terrible testament to the frequency of [mass shootings] over the last couple of decades that for those of us not directly affected, some of them tend to blur.
From a Taller Tower offers a clearheaded and thoughtful analysis of these crimes, and our culture. * The American Conservative *
A deeply reported examination of the many mass shootings in the United States...The book attempts to unpack our responses to these crimes and explain what’s missing from our understanding of these events, while also revealing more about who is behind these atrocities. * She Reads *
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From a Taller Tower] traces the history of the American mass shooter and the troubling ways we make sense of senseless violence...There’s a tragic timeliness to McGraw’s book. * Inside Hook *
Table of Contents
- Author’s Note
- Prologue. The Deepest Silence There Is
- Chapter 1. The Texas Sharpshooter Fallacy
- Chapter 2. Deliver Us from Evil
- Chapter 3. To Kill the Last Killer
- Chapter 4. “’Tis Not Alone My Inky Cloak”
- Chapter 5. Jokers Wild
- Chapter 6. If You See Something, Say Something
- Chapter 7. A Good Guy with a Gun
- Chapter 8. I Cling to My Gun, You Cling to Yours
- Chapter 9. The Fog of War in Peacetime
- Chapter 10. From a Taller Tower
- Epilogue. The Silence between Gunshots
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Index
