The Book of Matt: Hidden Truths About the Murder of Matthew Shepard

✍ Scribed by Jimenez, Stephen

• Book ID: 107553325
• Publisher: Steerforth Press
• Year: 2013
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 6 MB
• Category: Fiction
• ISBN-13: 9781586422158

✦ Synopsis

The Book of Matt is a provocative and spellbinding examination of the 1998 murder of Matthew Shepard - unraveling for the first time the hidden complexities, motives, personalities and events surrounding this landmark American crime.
On a chilly October evening, Matthew Shepard, a 21-year-old gay college student, left a bar in Laramie, Wyoming with two alleged ''strangers,'' Aaron McKinney and Russell Henderson, also 21. Eighteen hours later, Matthew was found tied to a log fence on the outskirts of town, unconscious and barely alive. He had been pistol-whipped so severely that the mountain biker who discovered his battered frame mistook him for a Halloween scarecrow.
Overnight, however, a politically expedient myth took the place of important facts in the case. By the time Matthew died a few days later, his name was synonymous with anti-gay hate. Vigils and protests were held in cities and towns across the nation. Hollywood celebrities, rock stars and...