| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
x, 367 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [347]-354) and index. |
| Summary |
"An explosive and historic book of true crime and an emotionally powerful and revelatory memoir of a man whose ten-year search for his biological father leads to a chilling discovery: His father is one of the most notorious--and still at large--serial killers in America. Soon after his birth mother contacted him for the first time at the age of thirty-nine, adoptee Gary L. Stewart decided to search for his biological father. It was a quest that would lead him to a horrifying truth and force him to reconsider everything he thought he knew about himself and his world. Written with award-winning author and journalist Susan D. Mustafa, The Most Dangerous Animal of All tells the story of Stewart's decade-long search for his father following a complex trail of startling twists and connections. Combing through government records and news reports and through conversations with his father's relatives and friends, Stewart turns up a host of clues, including forensic evidence, identifying his father as one of the most infamous and still-wanted serial killers in American history"--Publisher description. |
| Contents |
Prologue -- The ice cream romance -- Signs of the Zodiac -- The truth deciphered. |
| Subject |
Stewart, Gary L.
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Best, Earl Van, Jr.
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Birthfathers -- United States -- Biography.
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Adoptees -- United States -- Biography.
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Serial murderers -- California -- Biography.
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Birthparents -- Identification -- Case studies.
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Birthfathers -- United States -- Identification -- Case studies.
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| Added Author |
Mustafa, Susan D.
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| ISBN |
9780062313164 |
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0062313169 |
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