DEADLY PURSUIT

Hardback. The true story of terror in the Pennsylvania mountains. The author, who was a reporter who won the Pulitzer Prize for his coverage of these bizarre happenings, followed law enforcement officials on their hunt for a mysterious mountain man responsible for a number of attacks committed over a two-year span near the small town of Shade Gap, Pennsylvania. The case escalated when in 1966, a woman was abducted, sending police on a seven-day manhunt through the mountainous country that proved fatal for several people involved. The case was the inspiration for the film 'Cry in the Wild: The Taking of Peggy Ann'. The author has used the name 'Mary Lou Broderick', instead of the victims real name, Peggy Ann Bradnick, as he was unable to obtain her and others permission at time of publication. A gripping tale of what happened in a community with a phantom madman loose. With Epilogue, Map and Appendices. 200pp. 8vo. h/back. From the library of true crime writer, Wilfred Gregg, with his personal b/plate. V. lightly browned edges, o/w Vg+ in sunned Vg. pcdw.