Kathryn Miles
Autor(a) de Trailed: One Woman's Quest to Solve the Shenandoah Murders
About the Author
Kathryn Miles is the author of Adventures with Ari and dozens of articles that have appeared in publications including Alimentum, Best American Essays, History, Outside, and Terrain. She also serves on the faculty of Chatham University's MFA program. She lives-and sails-in midcoast Maine.
Obras por Kathryn Miles
Associated Works
Dear America: Letters of Hope, Habitat, Defiance, and Democracy (2020) — Contribuidor — 3 exemplares
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Data de nascimento
- 1974-06-16
- Sexo
- female
- Nacionalidade
- USA
- Locais de residência
- Unity, Maine, USA
- Educação
- University of Delaware (PhD|English Literature)
- Ocupações
- college professor
teacher of writing - Organizações
- Unity College
Green Mountain College
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Críticas
Trailed: One Woman's Quest to Solve the Shenandoah… por Kathryn Miles
The auhtor details the horrific murder of two young women in 1996 while on a week long backpackiing trip in a Virginia national park. She interviews many friends and family of the two and also many of the investigators involved at the time. Also researched the many other solved an unsolved crimes over the years in the area.
A very interesting and informative book that still manages to be entertaining.it is sobering to think that some of the information is unlikely to be heeded by those that most need to hear it. I’d have liked a few more first person impact stories, but I think it was a conscious choice made by the author to avoid turning it into a book version of the 70’s disaster movies
Fieldnotes:
Shenandoah National Park, 1996
2 Experienced Outdoorswomen
1 Golden Retriever Mix
1 Backcountry Camping Site
Unsolved Double Murder
1 Unlikely Suspect
1 Potential Other Suspect
Inadequate DNA Testing
Understaffing
Hate Crime Legislation
The Short Version:
I generally find myself unsatisfied by True Crime, especially those around unsolved cases. Generally, these are unsettling and if a potential suspect is flagged, I can't help but be concerned about libel and consequences of armchair detectives ruining peoples' lives based on their own pet theories. Miles does present an alternative suspect in the case, and her reasoning is fairly convincing - but, of course, we only have the information she chooses to present on those points.
I found this story overall less frustrating because of its wider and also more personal focus - it is about Julie Williams and Lollie Winans as a couple and outdoorswomen - as real people, but it also is a memoir of how the author approached and reacted to the case, how she linked it to her own experiences with assault and the outdoors and the emotional toll the reporting took on her and her relationships. It is the story of understaffed and inadequately policed national parks, politically influenced prosecutions, public relations, overlooked evidence, and the fear women and marginalized communities feel that keeps them from embracing "The Great Outdoors". An interesting discussion - and seems somewhat less ghoulish than many true crime works.… (mais)
Shenandoah National Park, 1996
2 Experienced Outdoorswomen
1 Golden Retriever Mix
1 Backcountry Camping Site
Unsolved Double Murder
1 Unlikely Suspect
1 Potential Other Suspect
Inadequate DNA Testing
Understaffing
Hate Crime Legislation
The Short Version:
I generally find myself unsatisfied by True Crime, especially those around unsolved cases. Generally, these are unsettling and if a potential suspect is flagged, I can't help but be concerned about libel and consequences of armchair detectives ruining peoples' lives based on their own pet theories. Miles does present an alternative suspect in the case, and her reasoning is fairly convincing - but, of course, we only have the information she chooses to present on those points.
I found this story overall less frustrating because of its wider and also more personal focus - it is about Julie Williams and Lollie Winans as a couple and outdoorswomen - as real people, but it also is a memoir of how the author approached and reacted to the case, how she linked it to her own experiences with assault and the outdoors and the emotional toll the reporting took on her and her relationships. It is the story of understaffed and inadequately policed national parks, politically influenced prosecutions, public relations, overlooked evidence, and the fear women and marginalized communities feel that keeps them from embracing "The Great Outdoors". An interesting discussion - and seems somewhat less ghoulish than many true crime works.… (mais)
As a woman who spends a LOT of time on public lands, both state and federal, I found this book extremely interesting and somewhat frightening at times. It should be required reading for all individuals working for the Department of the Interior, especially rangers--both interpretive and law enforcement.
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- Obras
- 5
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- 3
- Membros
- 427
- Popularidade
- #57,179
- Avaliação
- 3.9
- Críticas
- 15
- ISBN
- 25
- Línguas
- 1