[msb-alumni] Re: Author of Fatal Vision, Joe McGinniss Dies at 71
- From: "Jim in Detroit" <james.prather@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2014 01:15:00 -0400
BlankI read Fatal Vision on talking book; it was a great read.
From: Donald Bowman
Sent: March 12, 2014 14:20
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Subject: [msb-alumni] Re: Author of Fatal Vision, Joe McGinniss Dies at 71
Wow Steve, nice report.
I think I’ll add this to my list of books to read.
Sarah Palen is my adorable hero!
(a Pit Bull with Lipstick)
Guess that makes me a dog lover?
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Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2014 2:17 PM
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Subject: [msb-alumni] Author of Fatal Vision, Joe McGinniss Dies at 71
Joe McGinniss, author of 'Fatal Vision,' dies at 71 By William M. Welch USA
TODAY Author Joe McGinniss, who wrote a landmark 1968 book on modern political
advertising and chronicled the 1970s case of convicted Army doctor and killer
Jeffrey MacDonald in "Fatal Vision," has died at age 71. His death, of
complications related to prostate cancer, was disclosed by his attorney and
long-time friend Dennis Holahan, the Associated Press reported. McGinniss
skewered modern political advertising with the book "The Selling of the
President 1968," which provided the first detailed look at the then-new
techniques of television advertising that were used to market Richard Nixon to
the voting public that year. He later was hired by MacDonald, a former Green
Beret and emergency room physician based at Fort Bragg, N.C., to write a story
about his case - accused of killing his wife and young children in a home
invasion attack he claimed was by drug-crazed hippies. McGinniss later wrote a
book that concluded that MacDonald had committed the crimes, likely strung out
on prescription pills. McGinniss had continued to write books and maintained an
online presence on his blog, website and Twitter. His last Twitter commend was
last July. On his website, he had posted news of his latest book, "15 Gothic
Street: A Year in a Hampshire County Superior Court," in which he says he set
out to tell the stories that can be found every day in a small American
courthouse. McGinniss published 12 books in a variety of genres. Two years ago
he published "The Rogue: Searching for the Real Sarah Palin," after renting a
home near the former Republican vice presidential nominee and Alaska governor's
home in Wasilla, Alaska. He had written a book about the young state 30 years
earlier. In a biography on his own website, McGinnis was described as "drawn to
scrutinize the mysterious space between image and reality in his subjects: how
that space is created, negotiated and/or manipulated. His website describes the
Palin book as "an extraordinary double narrative that alternately traces
Palin's curious rise to political prominence and worldwide celebrity status and
then recounts the author's day-to-day experiences as he uncovers the messy
reality beneath the glossy Palin myth.
Steve
Jim in Detroit
James A. Prather
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Michigan School for the Blind: 1974
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