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On September 11, 2001, Jeremy Glick boarded United Flight 93 only
because a fire at Newark Airport had prevented him from flying out
the day before. That morning, he called his wife, Lyz, to tell her
the plane had been hijacked and that he and a group of others were
going to storm the cockpit, an effort that doomed Glick and his
fellow passengers, yet doubtless saved lives on the ground and
instantly became known worldwide as a heroic moment of resistance.
But Lyz wanted the couple's daughter, Emmy, only three months old
when the plane crashed, to learn much more of her father's story
than just the ending. "Your Father's Voice" narrates Lyz's struggle
to come to grips with her husband's death in a series of letters
from Lyz to Emmy that give a wrenching but clear-eyed account of
Lyz's first years without Jeremy. Through it all, Lyz pragmatically
details the challenges of a single parent raising a daughter in the
aftermath of horrific tragedy, and urges Emmy to listen for what
Lyz can still hear when the wind is right: her father's voice.
A landmark narrative of an epic legal battle, Civil Warriors is the gripping behind-the-scenes account of how one tenacious lawyer led the charge against the titans of the tobacco industry.
Drawing on five years of eyewitness reporting, thousands of pages of internal documents, and riveting firsthand stories of plaintiffs, lawyers, jurors, and scientists, Civil Warriors weaves the compelling story of attorney Ron Motley, who, along with other die-hard lawyers, scientists, and tobacco-busters, fought tirelessly to bring the tobacco industry to justice.
Taking us onto the front lines of Motley’s crusade, investigative journalist Dan Zegart follows the attorney to a dangerous underworld where maverick scientists and corporate whistle-blowers step from the shadows to reveal the truth behind the industry “spin.”
We meet the unforgettable cast of characters that draw Motley on toward his goals ... the mysterious ex-Reynolds employee known as “Deep Cough,” who told where evidence on nicotine-laced tobacco was hidden ... the researchers who proved the addictive nature of nicotine — and were advised by the FBI to check their cars for bombs every morning.
And we witness how Ron Motley led his quest for truth, justice, and hundred-billion-dollar awards ... to penetrate, finally, the “control room of the conspiracy,” an inner circle of lawyers who protected tobacco for thirty years. Civil Warriors is at once a grand adventure and a towering work of investigative journalism — an eye-opening report on the way justice really works in America today.
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