Life for Death by Mewshaw, Michael

Avon Books, 1983. Paperback. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Avon Books, 1983. Paperback. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Avon Books, 1983. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Avon Books, 1983. Paperback. Acceptable. Former library book; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

HarperCollins Publishers. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Tinge of toning, else content appears as new, unopened, unread and unblemished with fine pictorial wraps displaying minimal surface/edge wear, as shown.
Novelist Mewshaw (Land Without Shadow, 1979) turns to nonfiction to narrate the grim story of Wayne Dresbach who, at age 15 in 1961, shot to death his adoptive mother and father. Mewshaw, two years older than the killer, was a summertime neighbor on Maryland's Chesapeake Bay; his family tried to help Wayne--raised money for his appeal, visited him weekly, took in his surviving (and disloyal) younger brother. Using that firsthand experience, interviews with Wayne and other family members and friends, and various documents (from the trial transcript to Dresbach's high school records), Mewshaw retells the formerly inexplicable story of parricide. It is not a pretty tale. Wayne, a quiet, soft-spoken boy whose aim is to be nice to everyone, is driven gradually into inarticulate rage and paranoia by his father's constant mockery, unflattering comparisons to… Read More