The Suspect: An Olympic Bombing, the Fbi, the Media, and Richard Jewell, the Man Caught in the Middle

by Kent Alexander and Kevin Salwen

Book Overview

The Suspect is the masterful true-crime account of the 1996 Centennial Olympic Park bombing that captured the world's attention and the heroic security guard-turned-suspect at the heart of it all.

Basis for the Warner Bros. film Richard Jewell, directed by Clint Eastwood and starring Sam Rockwell, Kathy Bates, Jon Hamm, Olivia Wilde, and Paul Walter Hauser

On July 27, 1996, a hapless former cop turned...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1419735276
• ISBN13: 9781419735271
• Release Date: December 2020
• Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.5" x 8.7"

Customer Reviews

Excellent Lesson In Dangers of Mass Hysteria

To this day it amazes me how the media breathlessly and daily shouted to the world that Richard Jewell was guilty of the 1990s Atlanta Olympics bombing yet, when found completely innocent, most all media moved-on without any retraction or apology. In the wake of the mayhem and hell they put this man through, they ruined countless lives along the way. This book does an excellent job of recounting the sad and often shocking Trifecta that for the most part ruined Richard Jewell's life and wrongly defamed his character: A pill-popping over eager journalist, a failed team of FBI agents, and a normal American human being whose lifelong passion to make something of himself in law enforcement -- clashed and exploded -- and very much had to do with the fact Jewell was white, overweight, from the South, spoke his mind and trusted far too many nasty people who laughed at him behind his back for his looks, drive (often too enthusiastic, which is no crime) and personal passions. Richard Jewell in short was a good human being who was disliked for his apearance and demeanor, and therefore was hung out to dry by the media, the Federal Government and a lot of society. This book does and excellent job telling one of the most incredible stories you'll ever read about 'The Wrong Man'. Shame on the media, the FBI and the failure of basic human decency to this day for what happened to Richard Jewell. This book tells it all and very well.