I'm lucky and grateful Seamus McGraw wrote the Forward to my new book Shadows of the Seen, as he is the author of From a Taller Tower: The Rise of the American Mass Shooter
(at the book launch I answered a question relating to Gregory Gibson (who blurbed the book) and Seamus)
Review of Taller Tower
From a Taller Tower traces the history of the American mass shooter — at Columbine, Sandy Hook, Parkland — without giving in to the notoriety that so many of them seek. With few exceptions, the murderers are never named. Instead, the book examines the beliefs many Americans hold onto about guns, mass shootings and mental illness, and confronts the circumstances that allow these catastrophes to continue. ― NPR Published On: 2022-06-02
A memorable, necessary contribution to the national conversation on gun violence. ― Kirkus, Starred Review Published On: 2021-02-24
It is a terrible testament to the frequency of [mass shootings] over the last couple of decades that for those of us not directly affected, some of them tend to blur. From a Taller Tower offers a clearheaded and thoughtful analysis of these crimes, and our culture. ― The American Conservative Published On: 2021-05-18
A deeply reported examination of the many mass shootings in the United States...The book attempts to unpack our responses to these crimes and explain what’s missing from our understanding of these events, while also revealing more about who is behind these atrocities. ― She Reads Published On: 2021-04-23
[From a Taller Tower] traces the history of the American mass shooter and the troubling ways we make sense of senseless violence...There’s a tragic timeliness to McGraw’s book. ― Inside Hook Published On: 2021-04-26
[From a Taller Tower] details how our culture of rage, victimhood, narcissism and love of guns has created an onslaught of violence that’s almost impossible to keep up with…[a] powerful new book. ― MEL Magazine Published On: 2021-11-04
A memorable, necessary contribution to the national conversation on gun violence. ― Kirkus, Starred Review Published On: 2021-02-24
It is a terrible testament to the frequency of [mass shootings] over the last couple of decades that for those of us not directly affected, some of them tend to blur. From a Taller Tower offers a clearheaded and thoughtful analysis of these crimes, and our culture. ― The American Conservative Published On: 2021-05-18
A deeply reported examination of the many mass shootings in the United States...The book attempts to unpack our responses to these crimes and explain what’s missing from our understanding of these events, while also revealing more about who is behind these atrocities. ― She Reads Published On: 2021-04-23
[From a Taller Tower] traces the history of the American mass shooter and the troubling ways we make sense of senseless violence...There’s a tragic timeliness to McGraw’s book. ― Inside Hook Published On: 2021-04-26
[From a Taller Tower] details how our culture of rage, victimhood, narcissism and love of guns has created an onslaught of violence that’s almost impossible to keep up with…[a] powerful new book. ― MEL Magazine Published On: 2021-11-04
Review
An important and extraordinary book that takes us into the mind of the mass shooter and also explores our own complicity in the numbing tragedies that have become far too routine in America. Still, Seamus McGraw manages to leave us with hope that there's a way out of the despair.
-- Perri Pelitz, director and producer, Axios on HBO
-- Perri Pelitz, director and producer, Axios on HBO
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