Berkley Books' 'Hunting Eric Rudolph' Provides Evidence from Experts on the
Case
NEW YORK, April 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Recently convicted bombing suspect Eric
Rudolph was provoked enough to add a postscript to his written statement after
pleading guilty Wednesday. That postscript lambasted a new book, Hunting Eric
Rudolph (Berkley; $19.95, available now) by experts on the case, Henry
Schuster and Charles Stone. Schuster is a senior producer with CNN's
investigative unit and broke the case of Rudolph's capture nationally, and
Stone is a former Georgia Bureau of Investigation agent who worked on the
Rudolph case.
Schuster says, "Hunting Eric Rudolph is the product of years of
investigation and reporting. Between Charles and me, we talked directly to or
had access to interview with everyone in this case except for Eric Rudolph."
Repeated requests by Schuster and Stone to interview Rudolph for the book were
declined by his defense team.
Stone says, "To be criticized by a self-confessed serial killer doesn't
raise much ire on my part."
In a recent story in the New York Times (April 10, 2005, A26), Linda Ray,
owner of the Curiosity Shop Bookstore in Murphy, NC, where Rudolph was finally
captured in May 2003, said she had not been convinced that Mr. Rudolph had
anything to do with the Atlanta bombings until she read Hunting Eric Rudolph.
The book presents the evidence in copious details, she says in the article.
Hunting Eric Rudolph tells the compelling story of Rudolph's background as
a Christian Identifier and his strong anti-abortion, anti-gay, and
anti-government sentiments (which resulted in the bombing of two abortion
clinics, a gay nightclub, and the bombing at Centennial Olympic Park in
Atlanta). Hunting Eric Rudolph also reveals for the first time how the whole
manhunt need never have happened. The book delivers the inside story in
colorful detail:
* The first glimpse at the extraordinary Rudolph family, at their
"compound" in the hills of North Carolina, through the eyes of Eric
Rudolph's sister-in-law.
* The astonishing story of Eric Rudolph's brother, Daniel, who was so
upset and unhinged by the manhunt that he went into his garage and cut
off his own hand with a power saw in protest, while videotaping the
self-amputation.
* The other side of Eric Rudolph, with his stridently right-wing
extremist views, as that of a marijuana grower and dealer who traveled
to Amsterdam to find the right seeds for his pot.
* The tale of how Rudolph lived in the woods for those five years he was
on the run, as he described it to the sheriff's deputy who sat with him
after his capture.
Hunting Eric Rudolph is the gripping story of one of the most dangerous
homegrown terrorists in U.S. history who will now spend the rest of his years
in prison after confessing his guilt on four deadly bombings.
Schuster and Stone available for interview. Review copies available.
http://www.huntingericrudolph.com .
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