Killer on the Road: Violence and the American Interstate

by Ginger Strand

Book Overview

Starting in the 1950s, Americans eagerly built the planet's largest public work: the 42,795-mile National System of Interstate and Defense Highways. Before the concrete was dry on the new roads, however, a specter began haunting them--the highway killer. He went by many names: the "Hitcher," the "Freeway Killer," the "Killer on the Road," the "I-5 Strangler," and the "Beltway Sniper." Some of these criminals were imagined, but many were real. The...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292757522
• ISBN13: 9780292757523
• Release Date: February 2014
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.3" x 8.8"