The Hunting Accident: A True Story of Crime and Poetry

by David L. Carlson and Landis Blair

Book Overview

The amazing true story of Matt Rizzo, an uneducated blind criminal who received a classical education in prison from his cellmate, Nathan Leopold Jr., of the infamous Leopold and Loeb duo.

It was a hunting accident--that much Charlie is sure of. That's how his father, Matt Rizzo--a gentle intellectual who writes epic poems in Braille--had lost his vision. It's not until Charlie's troubled teenage years, when he's facing time for his...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1626726760
• ISBN13: 9781626726765
• Release Date: September 2017
• Publisher: First Second
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 3.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 8.2" x 9.2"