{"product_id":"the-shooting-of-rabbit-wells-william-loizeaux-9781628725957","title":"The Shooting of Rabbit Wells: A White Cop, a Young Man of Color, and an American Tragedy","description":"What put a white cop and a black youth on a tragic collision course? This moving account is more timely than ever. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOn 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 in Bernardsville, New Jersey. The shooting, later ruled an accident, stunned local residents and the nation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor thirty years, author William Loizeaux, who went to high school with Rabbit, hasn't been able to forget what happened. With clear-eyed compassion and unsparing honesty, \u003ci\u003eThe Shooting of Rabbit Wells\u003c\/i\u003e re-creates the lives of both victim and killer, and the forces that brought them together. At the story's center is Rabbit Wells himself. Part African-American, part Cherokee, part white, Rabbit never knew his father and was neglected by his mother. Here is a memoir, a biography, and the story of a writer's search for the scattered remains of a catastrophe. A stirring and powerful document, it is also a work of terrible beauty: by giving us the life of Rabbit Wells, Loizeaux makes us understand--and feel--how unacceptable and irreparable the loss was, and how deeply the bullet that killed him is lodged in the American identity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e William Loizeaux\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1628725958\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781628725957\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Arcade Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/29\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 260\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.10h x 4.90w x 0.90d","brand":"William Loizeaux","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44790492791039,"sku":"9781628725957","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0e7d99d1-7933-4129-8efb-17025cfda884.jpg?v=1707289101","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-shooting-of-rabbit-wells-william-loizeaux-9781628725957","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}