Bøger af John Hacker

161 people dead in Joplin in the worst tornado in the United States in six decadesMoments after the high school graduation, an EF5 tornado ripped through the heart of this city of 50,000 destroying the high school, homes and businesses and changing Joplin forever.Gripped in fear- Joplin residents offer first-person accounts of how they survived the natural disaster and mourn for those who did not.Rising from the rubble- First person accounts from Joplin residents and reporting from authors Randy Turner and John Hacker, tell the remarkable story of how Joplin fought back through the first year after the tornado with a volunteer spirit and courage that captured the heart of the nation.Spirit of Hope: The Year After the Joplin Tornado tells the story of the people of Joplin and the people from across the nation and the world who helped with the recovery process.Spirit of Hope brings you to tears and then lifts your spirit as you join the people of Joplin on their journey back from disaster.

"Ripper Notes: America Looks at Jack the Ripper" is a collection of essays about the notorious Whitechapel serial killer and related topics. It leads of with a newly discovered and never before republished 1892 interview with Assistant Commissioner Robert Anderson of Scotland Yard. Anderson was a very important figure in the investigations, and made statements later in life that the killer had been identified and put into an asylum. This article is accompanied by a short analysis showing why that is unlikely. Wolf Vanderlinden then gives an in-depth look at the suspects in the 1891 death of prostitute Carrie Brown in New York City, a case long connected by many to the earlier string of Ripper killings in the East End of London. This is followed by coverage of the 2004 U.S. Ripper Conference, including essays by John Hacker ("Jack the Ripper and Technology: Ripperology in the Twenty-First Century") and Stan Russo ("The Strange Case of Dr. Hewitt," which questions why some suspects are treated more seriously than they probably should be) adapted from their presentations there. A number of shorter pieces by various authors follows. Ripper Notes is a nonfiction anthology series covering all aspects of the Jack the Ripper murder case.