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Mikal Gilmore

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February 09, 1951 in The United States

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Entertainment, Biographies & Memoirs

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Mikal Gilmore was born "Michael Gilmore," but later changed the spelling of his name. He was born February 9, 1951 to Frank and Bessie Gilmore.

In 1977, Gilmore's brother Gary, a convicted murderer, was the first person executed after the death penalty was reinstated in 1977. Gary Gilmore was executed for shooting two young Mormons, Max Jensen and Ben Bushnell, in cold blood. He was executed by firing squad in Utah. Mikal Gilmore's 1995 memoir, Shot in the Heart , details his relationship with Gary and their often troubled family, starting with the original Mormon settlers and continuing through to Gary's execution and its aftermath. Shot in the Heart received positive reviews, including a USA Today comment that states the book is "one of t...more

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Books by Mikal Gilmore

Average rating: 4.49 · 13,683 ratings · 369 reviews · 10 distinct works

	Shot in the Heart 4.19 avg rating — 812 ratings — published 1994 — 12 editions	My rating:
	Stories Done: Writings on the 1960s and Its Discontents 3.81 avg rating — 59 ratings — published 2008 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Night Beat: A Shadow History of Rock & Roll 3.78 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 1997 — 5 editions	My rating:
	History Of Joseph Smith 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	My rating:
	Shot In The Heart 1.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1994	My rating:
	The Winding Road: The Real Story Behind the Breakup of the Beatles 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	My rating:
	The Winding Road 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2011	My rating:
	Night Beat Night Beat Night Beat 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2000	My rating:
	The Winding Road: The Real Story Behind the Breakup of the Beatles 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2011	My rating:
	The Sandman, Vol. 10: The Wake by Neil Gaiman (Goodreads Author), Michael Zulli (Illustrator), Jon J. Muth (Illustrator) 4.52 avg rating — 12,815 ratings — published 1996 — 10 editions	My rating: