Janet Markman, Shana Cohen, Miles Doyle, Lawrence Weschler, Zeynep Gürsel, Alison Samuel, Mark Miller, Mark Jannot, John Byorth, Larry Smith, Bob Hamilton, Doug Schnitzspahn, Steve Byers, Abby Ellen, Rachel Lehmann-Haupt, Randall Lane, Brett Cline, Mandi Hardy, Amos Blinder, Jeanne Harper, Chris Anderson, Alan Schwarz, Arthur Goldfrank, H.J. Schmidt, Kent Davis, Katie Goodman, Soren Kisiel, and Valerie Hemingway provided creative inspiration, thematic first aid, and shoulders to lean on.
A warm embrace to Eileen Finkel, Paul Finkel, Diana Finkel, and Ben Woodbeck, who put up with (and maybe even understood) my shenanigans. Thank you for your encouragement and your love. Harris and Theresa Barker have also been steadfast supporters, despite having a Yankee in their midst. Thanks also to Grandpa Manny, who taught me how to tell a story, and is in my thoughts every day.
Most of all, my wholehearted love goes to Jill Barker—now Jill Finkel—for her devotion, her spiritedness, and her unflagging sense of humor. And, of course, for making an honest man out of me.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Michael Finkel has written for the Atlantic Monthly, National Geographic Adventure, Rolling Stone, Esquire, Sports Illustrated, and the New York Times Magazine. He lives in Bozeman, Montana.
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CREDITS
Jacket design by Roberto de Vicq de Cumptich
Jacket photographs: Michael Finkel, courtesy of the author;
Christian Longo, by Doug Beghtel/The Oregonian
COPYRIGHT
TRUE STORY: MURDER, MEMOIR, MEA CULPA. Copyright © 2005 by Michael Finkel. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.
EPub Edition © MAY 2005 ISBN: 9780061840982
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Finkel, Michael.
True story: murder, memoir, mea culpa/Michael Finkel.—1st ed.
p. cm.
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