| Description |
1 online resource (x, 227 pages). |
| Series |
American lives series |
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American lives.
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| Note |
Print version record. |
| Contents |
Acknowledgments; 1. Prologue; 2. The Contents of the File; 3. The Last Visit; 4. Missing; 5. Just Business; 6. Still Missing; 7. Driving Lessons; 8. Waiting; 9. My Old Man; 10. The House with the Gate; 11. Remember; 12. Albert and Rose; 13. Acting; 14. Eulogies; 15. Christmas with Dogs; 16. Looking for Crumbs; 17. The Drama of the Not Particularly Gifted Child; 18. October, 1998; 19. Mementos; 20. Messages Received; 21. Nelson and Leah; 22. Coming and Going; 23. Mythology; 24. Two Fathers; 25. My Father under My Fingernails; 26. Resentment; 27. Conjecture; 28. Uncles; 29. Recovery. |
| Summary |
Nelson Gross led an outsized lifeone in which he played many roles: father, brother, husband, politician, entrepreneur. When he was killed by a couple of teenagers in a botched abduction and robbery, the murder shook his family in predictable and terrible ways. |
| Subject |
Gross, Nelson, 1932-1997.
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Lenney, Dinah.
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Murder -- New Jersey -- Case studies.
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Millionaires -- Crimes against -- New Jersey -- Case studies.
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Children of murder victims -- United States -- Biography.
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Fathers and daughters -- United States -- Biography.
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Murder victims' families -- United States -- Biography.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Lenney, Dinah. Bigger than life. Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2007 9780803229761 0803229763 (DLC) 2006020054 (OCoLC)70258794 |
| ISBN |
9780803206243 (electronic bk.) |
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0803206240 (electronic bk.) |
| Sudoc No. |
U5001 T889 .0016 -2007 nbdocs |
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