The Shooting of Rabbit Wells
A White Cop, a Young Man of Color, and an American Tragedy
1st Edition
Published on 1. February 2012
999 pages
978-1-62872-491-2 (ISBN)
Description
What put a white cop and a black youth on a tragic collision course? On a frigid winter's night in 1973, William "Rabbit? Wells, a young man of mixed race, was shot and killed by a white policeman named William Sorgie outside a bar. The shooting stunned the placid, prosperous communities of New York. For twenty-five years author William Loizeaux, who went to high school with Rabbit, hasn't been able to let go of a story that struck at the core of the place that he, along with Rabbit and Sorgie, called home. With clear-eyed compassion and unsparing honesty, The Shooting of Rabbit Wells recreates the lives of both victim and killer and the forces that brought them together. By giving us the life of Rabbit Wells, Loizeaux makes us understand-and feel-how unacceptable and irreparable his loss was, and how deeply the bullet that killed him is lodged in the American identity.
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William Loizeaux
The Shooting of Rabbit Wells
A White Cop, a Young Man of Color, and an American Tragedy
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02/2012
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William Loizeaux grew up in Basking Ridge, New Jersey, is the author of Anna: A Daughter's Life and the novel A Tumble Inn, and works for children. He lives with his wife in Boston, where he is Writer-in-Residence at Boston University.
Content
- Intro
- Titlepage
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Introduction to the 2012 Edition
- Acknowledgments
- Olcott Square
- Bonnie Brae, 1966
- 318 Perry Street, Trenton
- Plainfield, 1967
- Joanne
- Things Corporeal
- On the Border
- Community Relations
- Newspaper Title Winner
- Billy Sorgie
- High School
- At Irene's
- Marian
- The Woodchopping Story
- Eroded Bones
- Lieutenant Sorgie
- Walking Point
- January 7, 1969, LZ Center
- John Peterson
- May 12, 1969, LZ Baldy
- In the Field
- The Reverend
- COMMING HOME
- Seizures
- Black Pearl
- Quiet Thoughts
- What Holds
- The Hut
- The Coat Story
- Radical
- Coming Home
- Southern Cross
- Around Town
- Rusty
- 55 Walnut Circle
- In the Basement
- Soul Food, etc.
- T-bird
- Charles
- The Break of His Life
- Silhouette
- Patrolmen Foster and Laurie
- Patrolman Sorgie
- Paternity
- Cherokee
- Commencement
- Paternity, cont.
- (W)Retch
- Edlynne & Friends
- Sunshine
- On the Platform
- Ravine Lake
- Joan Marie Harczku?
- Leavings
- 4731 Greenbrier Avenue, San Diego
- San Diego de Alcala
- Christmas, 1972
- Twenty-one
- After Epiphany
- Felling the Trees
- Friday, January 12
- January 13, 1973
- Dreaming of Light
- The Bullet
- The Heart
- The Sign
- The End
- And After
- Twin Lakes
- Postscript
- Memorial Day, 1997
