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America 's last conflict with its first people raged from Wounded
Knee, South Dakota, to Gallup, New Mexico, in the spring of 1973.
Death, a police shoot-out, and political intrigue drive the true
story of the abduction of a small-town mayor by two young members
of the American Indian Movement, then calling itself AIM, as they
marched him at gunpoint through downtown Gallup. The siege and
taking of eleven hostages in Wounded Knee overshadowed, at least
nationally, the now largely forgotten story of Larry Casuse,
activist, and Frank Garcia, idealist. But as the fictional
characters in this novel learn, both stories started with the
takeover of Alcatraz Island in 1969.
America 's last conflict with its first people raged from Wounded
Knee, South Dakota, to Gallup, New Mexico, in the spring of 1973.
Death, a police shoot-out, and political intrigue drive the true
story of the abduction of a small-town mayor by two young members
of the American Indian Movement, then calling itself AIM, as they
marched him at gunpoint through downtown Gallup. The siege and
taking of eleven hostages in Wounded Knee overshadowed, at least
nationally, the now largely forgotten story of Larry Casuse,
activist, and Frank Garcia, idealist. But as the fictional
characters in this novel learn, both stories started with the
takeover of Alcatraz Island in 1969.
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Emergence (Paperback)
Gary L Stuart
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The political life of Ernest W. McFarland-lawyer, judge, senator,
governor, Supreme Court justice, and businessman-is well
documented. Less well known is his life as a family man, country
lawyer, rural judge, and visionary. In Call Him Mac, Gary L. Stuart
renders a nuanced portrait of a young, ambitious, restless, and
smiling man on the verge of becoming a political force on his way
to the highest levels of governance in Arizona and America. Stuart
reveals how Mac became an expert on water law and a visionary in
Arizona's agricultural future. Using interviews with friends and
family and extensive primary source research, Stuart spotlights
Mac's unerring focus as a loving husband, father, and grandfather,
even in times of great personal tragedy. Mac's commitments to his
family mirrored his sense of fiduciary duty in public life. His
enormous political successes were answers to how he dealt with
threats to his own life in 1919, the loss of his first wife and
three children in the 1930s, and a political loss in 1952 that no
one saw coming. Stuart writes the little-known story of how
Arizona's culture and citizens shaped this energetic, determined,
likable lawyer. The fame Mac created was not for himself but for
those he served in Arizona and beyond. Mac's unparalleled political
success was fermented during his early Arizona years, the bridge
that brought him to his future as an approachable and likable elder
statesman of Arizona politics.
One of the most significant Supreme Court cases in U.S. history has
its roots in Arizona and is closely tied to the stateas leading
legal figures. Miranda has become a household word; now Gary Stuart
tells the inside story of this famous case, and with it the legal
history of the accusedas right to counsel and silence. Ernesto
Miranda was an uneducated Hispanic man arrested in 1963 in
connection with a series of sexual assaults, to which he confessed
within hours. He was convicted not on the strength of eyewitness
testimony or physical evidence but almost entirely because he had
incriminated himself without knowing it--and without knowing that
he didnat have to. Mirandaas lawyers, John P. Frank and John F.
Flynn, were among the most prominent in the state, and their work
soon focused the entire country on the issue of their clientas
rights. A 1966 Supreme Court decision held that Mirandaas rights
had been violated and resulted in the now-famous "Miranda
warnings." Stuart personally knows many of the figures involved in
Miranda, and here he unravels its complex history, revealing how
the defense attorneys created the argument brought before the Court
and analyzing the competing societal interests involved in the
case. He considers "Miranda"'s aftermath--not only the test cases
and ongoing political and legal debate but also what happened to
Ernesto Miranda. He then updates the story to the Supreme Courtas
2000 "Dickerson" decision upholding Miranda and considers its
implications for cases in the wake of 9/11 and the rights of
suspected terrorists. Interviews with 24 individuals directly
concerned with the decision--lawyers, judges, and police officers,
as well as suspects, scholars, andordinary citizens--offer
observations on the caseas impact on law enforcement and on the
rights of the accused. Ten years after the decision in the case
that bears his name, Ernesto Miranda was murdered in a knife fight
at a Phoenix bar, and his suspected killer was "Mirandized" before
confessing to the crime. "Miranda: The Story of Americaas Right to
Remain Silent" considers the legacy of that case and its fate in
the twenty-first century as we face new challenges in the criminal
justice system.
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