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"Hersey's book is based on months of personal investigation and contains evidence never before made public. He ransacked every available piece of documentation. Thus armed, he tried to work out a tentative scenario of events and, more important, used his data to build up what may be the truest... read more
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Three African-American men in their late teens, part of a group of friends who had taken refuge in the motel for their safety during the Detroit riot of 1967, were beaten and shot to death by Detroit police and National Guardsmen, apparently because there were 2 white women in their motel room... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)
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“"Who gave who the apple?"”
vice cop David "Snake" Senak -
“The deceased asked Mrs. Sims for a drink of water.”
John Hersey
First Sentence
The ordeal seemed to be drawing to a close.
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