On December 28, 1992, two days before her tenth birthday, Katie Beers disappeared. She had left for an outing with a close family friend, John Esposito, and her whereabouts remained mysterious as the year drew to a close and her family grew frantic, fearing the worst. On January 13th, Katie was found alive in a secret, dungeon-like vault beneath Espositos Bay Shore, Long Island house. Families nationwide followed the story of Katies heartwrenching ordeal, as she bravely survived the isolation until her nearly miraculous rescue from a setting reminiscent of The Silence of The Lambs.Katies harrowing story reveals a chilling side of human nature, even in the seemingly peaceful suburbs. And her fate as the smiling survivor of a troubled family raises disturbing questions about the plight of children across America: children like Katie, whose trust can be so easily betrayed.
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Arthur Herzog is an award-winning novelist, non-fiction writer and journalist, renowned for his best-selling novels The Swarm, Orca (both made into popular movies), Make Us Happy, Heat and IQ 83, hailed by the British press as one of the best science fiction works ever written.His non-fiction best sellers include Vesco, which Publishers Weekly hailed as A brilliantly researched storyone of the years remarkable biographies and The Woodchipper Murder. A New Yorker, avid reader, and world traveler, Herzog continues to write fiction and non-fiction books.
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By Jody Mondo
Format:Paperback
Before the Michael Jackson case in 1993-94 there was the Katie Beers case. Both focused on pedophilia and men who prey on children. The first, Michael Jackson was famous already and the second, John Espositio became famous almost overnight through intense media coverage. In 17 DAYS: THE KATIE BEERS STORY Arthur Herzog presents a suspenseful, coherent account of a scenario that defies explanation: the abduction of nine year old Katie Beers by neighbor John Esposito and her imprisonment in an underground bunker for 16 days.
Pedophilia or adult sexual attraction to children has been little understood by the general public. They usually mistake the word to mean some quirky foot fetish. In 17 DAYS Herzog examines the daily doings of a pedophile and his MO in attracting young children. To summarize:Marilyn Beers, mother of John and Katie Beers, was an unwed Long Island mother who only worked intermittantly. Always short of money, she was easy for John Esposito to befriend and to "groom" her two children with presents, outings, and attention. He seemed a nice guy, trustworthy with a job and nice home in Bayshore. Although Marilyn had reported him for sexual misconduct with "Little John" she still allowed him to see Katie.
In a strange turn of events, Esposito , with his construction worker skills, built an underground bunker under his garage, seemingly to capture and confine youngsters. Katie was his first prisoner. But she was tough and resiliant and did not break down during incarceration, in a way, outfoxing Espositio by playing along with his anxiety and not getting upset. But out on the street it was a different story: the daily stress of the search for Katie consumed law enforcement, the media, her mother, and her godmother, in a nationwide frenzy. Even Esposito's lawyers got into the act.
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I'm Actually Surprised to Find This Book is From A Reputable Author
January 28, 2013
By Doofie
Format:Paperback
I'm actually shocked to discover this is a reputable author with many other works to his name. I downloaded "Seventeen Days" to my e-reader and it reads like a first draft. It's riddled with misspellings, grammatical errors, typos, incomplete sentences, etc etc. There are also blank pages in between every section of the book...inflating it to over one hundred eighty pages when it's really only about one hundred and twenty.I have been shaking my head wondering where was the editor? Doesn't this guy read over his own work? I thought this was a first time author opting to e-publish his book hoping to garner himself a name with the renewed interest in the Katie Beers case, as she is coming out with her own book soon. Although the content itself is engrossing, the writing is so sloppy I can't give it more than one star.
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