Secrets Worth Dying For: Timothy James McVeigh and the Oklahoma City Bombing [Paperback]

David Paul Hammer (Author), Jeffery William Paul (Contributor)

Product Details

• Paperback: 348 pages
• Publisher: 1st Books Library (March 24, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 141405811X
• ISBN-13: 978-1414058115
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6.1 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,265,851 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Definately worth reading., April 16, 2004

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This review is from: Secrets Worth Dying For: Timothy James McVeigh and the Oklahoma City Bombing (Paperback)

One of the more interesting books dealing with Mcveigh. Gives a feel for what type of person Mcveigh really was while taking a look at the inner workings of federal death row. I only wish it had a better publisher because it was filled with spelling errors and bad editing which slightly butchered the work of these two authors. And the price is a little steep. But the information is worth the price... Another piece of the puzzle.

24 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wow. Just Wow...., November 26, 2004

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Miss Hater "Avid Reader" (Kentucky,USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Secrets Worth Dying For: Timothy James McVeigh and the Oklahoma City Bombing (Paperback)

As an avid reader of anything about Tim McVeigh,I waited a long time for this book to come out.I was not disappointed. This book is amazing and it has such an emotional impact on me that I have to let months go by in between readings of it.This book gives you a vivid, real picture of the last two years of Tim's life. It reports a day to day account of the last 2 weeks of his life before he was sadly executed.While Tim haters would probably enjoy it,I was heartbroken as such a bright young man was put to death among the hatred of so many.
The best thing about this book is that it colorfully illustrates Tim as a person. A human being , not a monster. A good person in spite of his actions.This writing also painfully illustrates another side of the death penalty from a side most people don't see or care about-the condemned persons family and friends and makes an eloquent case for why their shouldn't be a death penalty in this country at all.

A completely different account of the bombing is reported here and it will blow your mind. I believe most of it to be the truth , but I still have a hard time fully grasping it all and it has not fully sunken in .If this is all true the implications are amazing, beyond the scope of what most of us can imagine and is NOTHING like the official story.
Supposedly all this came from McVeigh in a deal worked out with the authors that they would not publish it until after the "official" version of his life and death{American Terrorist} that he wanted out there hit the stands and therefore after he was executed.
I feel that we need to hear what the 2 authors of this book have to say.
I am guessing that not many people outside of folks who have a hard core interest in Tim/the bombing or victim's families will pay much attention to this book because it was written by 2 death row inmates and people have a prejudice against taking inmates seriously. But ask yourself-what really do 2 guys on death row have to gain from this other than getting out what they feel to be the truth? Guys on death row keep little if any money from something like this because of laws that stop them from doing so. And since the book hasn't gotten much attention that I've seen,fame wouldn't be the motivation either.
Finally, this book took almost 3 years to write and the authors claim hats because it took that long to verify Tim's claims from outside independent sources and they were able to substantiate 95% of the information Tim gave them.In closing if you ever wondered about the official story of the bombing or Tim as a real person, not the villainous caricature you saw on TV, then you owe it to yourself to read this book.

8 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars current events, December 12, 2008

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Roy "coast tramper" (Gold Beach, OR) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Secrets Worth Dying For: Timothy James McVeigh and the Oklahoma City Bombing (Paperback)

Important book to keep around for reference in the ongoing saga of the Murray Bldg bombing. New revelations every day about more government people (ours) being involved. May we be spared from hearing another official "lone criminal" theory repeated every anniversary for the next 50 years.