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Tent Number Eight: An Investigation of the Girl Scout Murders and the Trial of Gene Leroy Hart
by
Gloyd McCoy
On a warm summer day in 1977, the State of Oklahoma was shaken by the heinous and vulgar murder of three Girl Scouts in Tent Number Eight at Camp Scott near Locust Grove, Oklahoma. The investigation of their murders and the subsequent trial of the Native American man accused of those murders will forever be marked as one of the most historical in Oklahoma history.
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Paperback, 332 pages
Published
June 13th 2011
by Tate Publishing
(first published June 2011)
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Extremely badly written book. If I hadn't been familiar with the circumstances of the murders from the accounts at the time, and the other book, Cry For The Children, I would have had very little idea what really happened. The author rambled and switched from topic to topic in no particular order. Much of the writing was grammatically incorrect, and some words were spelled differently every time they came up..(Chouteau, Choteau, Choto)...... I sincerely regret spending $8 on the kindle download,...more
Great book! glad to see not everyone believes the cover up that was Gene Leory Hart! McCoy does a fantastic job of showing you ALL of the evidence and letting you make the decision. While oklahoma made Hart the scape goat and expected us all to comply. I live in Oklahima, and was a girl scout so i can relate to the incident as if it were my own. Just glad to see someone finally speaking out against the wrongful alligation that Hart did this!
This was of special interest to me since the crimes happened about 20 miles from where I grew up. This took me back almost 35 years to the summer before my senior year in HS. The book does not dwell on the murders; the focus is primarily on the legal system. It's more interesting if you have a passion for law.
Very poorly written. Very fascinating topic but not presented very well. It reads like a middle school research project that had to be a certain number of words. A good editor could have made this a much better book.
A tragic part of Oklahoma history. My mom went to camp Scott and I grew up going to it's replacement, camp tallchief. An interesting read. At least now I know the actual story instead of camp lore told every summer.
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