| Vendor | |
|---|---|
 |
Mohrbooks Literary Agency Annelie Geissler |
| Categories | |
THE FAIRBANKS FOUR
Murder, Injustice, and the Birth of a Movement
One murder, four guilty convictions, and a community determined to find justice.
October, 1997. Late one night in Fairbanks Alaska a teenager is found unconscious, collapsed in the middle of the road, and beaten nearly beyond recognition. Just two days later, he dies in the hospital. His name is John Gilbert Hartman and he's just turned 15 years old. The police quickly arrest four suspects, all under the age of 21, and all Athabaskan Indians. Evidence is gathered, the cases go to trial, and all four men are given lengthy prison terms. Case closed.
But journalist Brian Patrick O'Donoghue can't put the case out of his mind. So when the opportunity arises to teach a class on investigative journalism, he jumps at the opportunity to finally dig into the story of the "Fairbanks Four". What transpires is a years-long search for the truth as O'Donoghue and hist students uncover the lies, deceit, and prejudice that put four innocent young men in jail.
THE FAIRBANKS FOUR is the gripping story of a brutal crime and its sprawling aftermath in the frigid Alaskan landscape. It's a story of social action as one journalist, his students, and the Fairbanks community fight long and hard - writing, researching, and petitioning - to get the four young men acquitted. It's the story of how America's broken justice system targets marginalized people, and what it takes to make things right. This is the story of the Fairbanks Four.
University of Alaska Fairbanks Journalism professor emeritus Brian Patrick O'Donoghue, 67, is a past president of Alaska Press Club, longtime member of Investigative Reporters and Editors. Born in Washington D.C., the union lawyer's son spent formative summers as an elevator constructor's helper, scraped soot inside industrial boilers, and later chipped rust from Baltimore to Calcutta as a Seafarers Union wiper. Pursuing his Journalism MA at NYU, the author spent nights chasing yellow cab dimes, along with scoring bylines in The Villager on the Lower East Side, followed by reporting gigs at City Paper in Baltimore and D.C. In '86, a want-ad for The Frontiersman in Wasilla, Alaska, lured the author North. He and his wife, former journalist Kate Ripley, a Juneau girl, found common ground covering sled dog races. Rory, Robin, and Rachel O'Donoghue will testify as to the result.
But journalist Brian Patrick O'Donoghue can't put the case out of his mind. So when the opportunity arises to teach a class on investigative journalism, he jumps at the opportunity to finally dig into the story of the "Fairbanks Four". What transpires is a years-long search for the truth as O'Donoghue and hist students uncover the lies, deceit, and prejudice that put four innocent young men in jail.
THE FAIRBANKS FOUR is the gripping story of a brutal crime and its sprawling aftermath in the frigid Alaskan landscape. It's a story of social action as one journalist, his students, and the Fairbanks community fight long and hard - writing, researching, and petitioning - to get the four young men acquitted. It's the story of how America's broken justice system targets marginalized people, and what it takes to make things right. This is the story of the Fairbanks Four.
University of Alaska Fairbanks Journalism professor emeritus Brian Patrick O'Donoghue, 67, is a past president of Alaska Press Club, longtime member of Investigative Reporters and Editors. Born in Washington D.C., the union lawyer's son spent formative summers as an elevator constructor's helper, scraped soot inside industrial boilers, and later chipped rust from Baltimore to Calcutta as a Seafarers Union wiper. Pursuing his Journalism MA at NYU, the author spent nights chasing yellow cab dimes, along with scoring bylines in The Villager on the Lower East Side, followed by reporting gigs at City Paper in Baltimore and D.C. In '86, a want-ad for The Frontiersman in Wasilla, Alaska, lured the author North. He and his wife, former journalist Kate Ripley, a Juneau girl, found common ground covering sled dog races. Rory, Robin, and Rachel O'Donoghue will testify as to the result.
| Available products |
|---|
Book Published 2025-04-01 by Sourcebooks |