Sniper: The True Story of Anti-Abortion Killer James Kopp
An award-winning journalist covers the life story, and three-year manhunt, for one of the FBI's most wanted killers While ultimately convicted of the murder in 1998 of Dr. Bernard Slepian, in Buffalo, New York, it was the shooting in Canada, three years earlier, of another abortion doctor that brought the then unknown James Kopp instant notoriety as a criminal suspect. Part detective story, part psychological drama, Sniper tells the fascinating, often harrowing story of how the Canadian police and FBI eventually caught Kopp after an intense three-year international search. It also sheds light on how this son of a Marine, an avowed celibate with loyalties only to the fetus, became an anti-abortion radical and finally, a killer, in the name of human life. Jon Wells (Hamilton, ON, Canada) reports on crime for the Hamilton Spectator. In 2004 he was named Journalist of the Year in Canada for his stories on James Kopp.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0470155469
ISBN13:9780470155462
Release Date:January 2008
Publisher:John Wiley & Sons
Length:300 Pages
Weight:0.80 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 5.4" x 8.3"
Customer Reviews
2 ratings
From Judith at J. Kaye's Book Blog
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 15 years ago
I remember October 1998 and the shooting in Buffalo, NY. I can still recall the feelings that came along with the news coverage of Dr. Arnett Slepian's murder. In his book SNIPER, Jon Wells took me back to that time period by retracing the steps of James Kopp. The book reads more like a thriller than nonfiction and I walked away with more knowledge. I was also aware Kopp escaped to Canada, but had no idea of the other countries involved. In SNIPER, Wells will walk you through the mind of a killer with his edge-of-your-seat style of journalism. Excellent book for true crime lovers. Without a doubt, this gets a five out of five rating from me. Awesome!
A riveting true crime book
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 15 years ago
Jon Wells, a journalist at a newspaper in Hamilton, Ontario, writes an engrossing detailed true crime book about the killing of Dr. Barnett Slepian in 1998 outside Buffalo, New York and the successful prosecution of James Kopp and his aiders and abettors. Dedicated to journalistic integrity, Wells sticks to the court record, its filings and his extensive interviews with investigators, prosecutors, defense counsel and Kopp's aiders and the witnesses in this international manhunt. That this book was authored by a Canadian journalist adhering to the record and eschewing the polemics of this horrific crime and the politics of abortion captivates the reader for its unbiased commitment to the highest journalistic standards. This is a book which could probably not be penned by an American journalist given the opinionated debasement of journalism in America today. While the book modestly suffers from the lack of an index and its occasional punctuation errors, it a fascinating read.
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