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Hailed by David Halberstam as "a fine whodunit by a first-rate writer," William Wright's true-crime book delivers a chilling, comprehensive account of one of the most scandalous attempted-murder trials of our timesOn December 21, 1980, millionaire socialite Sunny Von Bülow was found unconscious on her bathroom floor. She would remain in a coma for twenty-seven years. Although her condition appeared to be the result of hypoglycemia, Sunny's children suspected their stepfather, the debonair Claus Von Bülow, of attempting to murder his wife and abscond with her fortune. Claus went on trial for at

Intro -- Other Books by This Author -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter One: The Chemistry of Self -- Chapter Two: Birth of a Study -- Chapter Three: Desperately Seeking Twins -- Chapter Four: Cosmic Secrets of Twins -- Chapter Five: Minnesota's Triumphs -- Chapter Six: Two Dogs Named Toy -- Chapter Seven: More Weirdness -- Chapter Eight: Other Behavioral Genetics Studies -- Chapter Nine: Stars of the New Field -- Chapter Ten: The Other End-Searching the DNA -- Chapter Eleven: Moving Right Along the Double Helix -- Chapter Twelve: The Ups and Downs of Human Nature -- Chapter Thirteen: Short and Happy Life of the Tabula Rasa -- Chapter Fourteen: Surviving the Jensen Furor -- Chapter Fifteen: Oh So Political Science -- Chapter Sixteen: Scientists in Denial -- Chapter Seventeen: Violent Crime in the Maryland Woods -- Chapter Eighteen: Conclusions -- Appendix -- Notes.

Regarding the expenses of his son, William E. Wright; please allow William and his cousin, Simon W. Wright, to leave the Academy on the 21st; wishes a letter as to William's progress; may William return to the Academy when it reopens in Middletown? ; Transcription by John S. Hitz. Transcriptions may be subject to error.

This work offers a discussion of racism in America focusing on how white people have been affected by their own racism and how it impacts upon relations between blacks and whites. It draws attention to how racism is different from race and shows how whites have maintained a white racist America