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Summary: More than just information for a term paper
Review: My mother grew up with Mary Campbell Alday, and I had memories of her telling me about this horrendous murder when I was growing up, and about the pain and agony that she must have felt before she died. This book was not written to exploit the family or to help someone receive an excellent grade on a term paper. It was to tell the story of a horrible crime. The Alday's were real people with real family members. How would you feel if someone wanted to see gory details and photos of your slain family or friends? That is why I am rating this book with a 5 stars. I think you should re-evaluate your career choice Renee, if you want to see gore become a murderer...
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Summary: Where Reason Has Despaired
Review: On May 14, 1973, six members of the Alday family were brutally slaughtered by a roving gang of brigands who were on the run from the law. For their family and friends, however, that was only the beginning of their ordeal.The surviving Aldays lost their farm. With that, they lost their livelihood. They lost their privacy. They lost their innocence. Most significantly, they lost their faith in justice. They gained the attention of unfeeling authors and film-makers whose only intention was to exploit this horror in order to make a quick buck and a name for themselves. These "people" made it possible for the smug, sociopathic Carl Isaacs to spew even viler invective upon this shattered family. But Isaacs and his cohorts assailed the Aldays only once (and I use the word "once" VERY lightly indeed). The inexcuseable judicial machinations of the American legal system has victimised this family repeatedly for the past 28 years. You will shed many tears while reading this moving and disturbing dramatic work. Tears of sorrow for the lost lives of the Aldays and their remaining loved ones, tears of anguish that this kind of atrocity can occur, and tears of frustration and rage over the continuing persecution that the Aldays have endured. The inscription on Mary Aldays tombstone reads; "Love can hope, where reason would despair." In this case, reason is more than despairing. In this case, reason is inconsoleable.
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Summary: investgation part was to short
Review: the book did not start off to well. I wanted to know what started carl isaac's life of crime. How was his childhood. Is this the reason for what he did. also I am writing a term paper on this for a criminl investigation class and there just wasn't enough gory details or pictures of the slain bodies. I know this may sound a little bizzare and sick. But, my grade is dependent on this book. so I did not think it was all that great.
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