Bibliograph

The hunting accident, a true story of crime and poetry, David L. Carlson, Landis Blair

Type

Label

The hunting accident, a true story of crime and poetry, David L. Carlson, Landis Blair

Language

eng

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The hunting accident

Nature of contents

comics graphic novels

Oclc number

964334842

Responsibility statement

David L. Carlson, Landis Blair

Sub title

a true story of crime and poetry

Summary

It was a hunting accident; that much Charlie is sure of. That's how his father, Matt Rizzo--a gentle intellectual who writes epic poems in Braille--had lost his vision. It's not until Charlie's troubled teenage years, when he's facing time for his petty crimes, that he learns the truth. Matt Rizzo was blinded by a shotgun blast to the face, but it was while participating in an armed robbery. Newly blind and without hope, Matt began his bleak new life at Stateville Prison. In this unlikely place, Matt's life and very soul were saved by one of America's most notorious killers, Nathan Leopold Jr., of the infamous Leopold and Loeb

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