Hunting Eric Rudolph [Paperback]

Henry Schuster (Author), Charles Stone (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 1, 2005

Accused of detonating bombs at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, two abortion clinics, and a gay nightclub, Eric Rudolph went on the run. He shot bears and ate salamanders for more than five years, but finally was captured in June 2003 and now sits in a Birmingham jail.

Hunting Eric Rudolph covers the problems that hampered the investigation into the Centennial Park bombing, including a wrongful accusation, and discusses where and how Eric Rudolph obtained bomb components. Going into detail as to who the FBI suspected of helping him during his time on the run, the story covers the secret surveillance methods used to track him in the woods and mountains, and also takes an in-depth look at life inside the Rudolph family--including rarely seen photographs.

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Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

This is a suspenseful account of the five-year hunt for the man behind the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Park bombing. Eric Rudolph is now also facing federal charges for bombings of a gay nightclub and two abortion clinics in Atlanta and Birmingham, Ala. Descriptive anecdotes of Rudolph and his family help Schuster, a CNN senior producer, and Stone, former head of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation Anti-Terrorist Force, illustrate how a man on the FBI's 10 Most Wanted List with a million-dollar reward on his head managed to elude the FBI for years by hiding out in the mountains of North Carolina. Exposed by his mother to the radical racist and anti-Semitic Christian Identity movement, Rudolph became a white supremacist opposed to the government, gays and abortion, who may have been helped by sympathetic neighbors during his years as a fugitive. The authors avoid turning their subject into a romantic outlaw by fully describing those who were killed and maimed by the explosions he allegedly set. Schuster and Stone also point to errors committed by the FBI, such as their initial pursuit of an innocent man (Richard Jewell) and their preventing a local sheriff from picking up Rudolph early. 16 pages of b&w photos.
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Review

...a gripping account of the years-long hunt for Rudolph, the alleged Atlanta Olympics bomber... -- Scott Turow, New York Times bestselling author of Ultimate Punishment and Reversible Errors

Hunting Eric Rudolph is haunting and gripping reading. Indeed, it reads like world-class fiction. -- Wolf Blitzer

A gripping, extraordinarily well-written and well-reported account of the hunt for Eric Rudolph... -- Peter Bergen, New York Times bestselling author of Holy War, Inc.

A must read for anyone who wants to understand what we're up against in hunting down terrorists... -- Robert Baer, former case officer with the CIA and author of Sleeping with the Devil

Schuster shows us the world through the eyes of law enforcement intent on finding a killer. Incredible. -- Nancy Grace, Court TV --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 400 pages
• Publisher: Berkley (November 1, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0425208575
• ISBN-13: 978-0425208571
• Product Dimensions: 23.2 x 4.1 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,023,100 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great account of Rudolph with few slow spots, May 9, 2005

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mysterious matt (Florida) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hunting Eric Rudolph (Hardcover)

This account of Eric Rudolph was very interesting. I found the book a little more interesting than the average reader probably will because he was born in my hometown, I lived in B'ham and I was also vacationing in Murphy in the summer of 98 when the fbi had helicopters and officers searching the entire nantahala area.The only complaint I have about the book (and it's minimal) is that I thought that they spent too much time on details about his family in the middle of the book and it kind of slowed down the pace. Having said that, the pace is still as good as any fiction novel/mystery novel i've ever read. If you enjoy a fast paced, puzzle solving-type story, this book is right up your alley.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Cinematic Eye, Newsman's Nose for Detail, March 5, 2005

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Mike Sager - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hunting Eric Rudolph (Hardcover)

With Hunting Eric Rudolph, Henry Schuster- one of the country's foremost news producers and experts on terrorism- uses his cinematic eye and newsman's nose for detail to bring to life the series of crimes that set the tone for our fearful twenty-first century. Gracefully written, with economy and personality, a storytellers flair: think In Cold Blood with exhaustive footnotes.

Mike Sager

Writer-at-Large

Esquire

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Extremely entertaining..., May 5, 2005

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Jeremy R. Young (East Village, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hunting Eric Rudolph (Hardcover)

Hunting Eric Rudolph is an awesome read. The authors deliver the story of Rudolph's entire life, often with an insightful and somtimes humorous backdrop. It goes in depth to explain the reasons for Rudolph's perplexing psyche and the culture in which it was cultivated.

The real value of the book however is the context in which it is delivered. Schuster explains why this story was not only significant in our past, but what we can extract from it to prevent similar types of domestic terrorism in our future. Thoroughly researched and masterfully presented, this was definitely a book that I could not put down.