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The brothers the road to an American tragedy

The facts of the tragedy are established: On April 15, 2013, two homemade bombs fashioned from pressure cookers exploded near the finish line of the Boston Marathon, killing three people and wounding 264 others. Masha Gessen explains who the brothers were and how they came to do what they appear to...

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Main Author: Gessen, Masha (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Riverhead Books, 2015.
Subjects:
Tsarnaev, Tamerlan.
Tsarnaev, Dzhokhar.
Boston Marathon Bombing, Boston, Mass., 2013.
Bombings > Massachusetts > Boston.
Terrorists > Biography.
Refugees > Social aspects > United States.
Refugees > Cultural assimilation > United States.
Terrorism > United States.
Summary: The facts of the tragedy are established: On April 15, 2013, two homemade bombs fashioned from pressure cookers exploded near the finish line of the Boston Marathon, killing three people and wounding 264 others. Masha Gessen explains who the brothers were and how they came to do what they appear to have done.
Physical Description: xiv, 273 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN: 9781594632648
1594632642
Author Notes: Masha Gessen is a Russian American journalist. She has written several books including The Man Without a Face: The Unlikely Rise of Vladimir Putin, Words Will Break Cement: The Passion of Pussy Riot, and The Brothers: The Road to an American Tragedy. The Future Is History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia won the National Book Award for Nonfiction in 2017.

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