Hearst's lawyers argued she was brainwashed and jurors listened to hundreds of hours of testimony as they grappled with one central question: Was she Patty Hearst or Tania? Those themes are why Toobin writes at the outset that the bombing has had a “lasting and sinister legacy.” His account of the bombing serves as a warning sign as much as it does a history of that legacy.A sensational trial followed. 6 cases and other right-wing extremist incidents in recent years: an obsession with guns, antigovernment views and racist beliefs espoused in writings such as the novel ‘The Turner Diaries.’' The themes that emerge are familiar ones for anyone who's followed the Jan. The materials offer a detailed history of McVeigh, how he connected with Nichols and how he planned and carried out the bombing. It also provides many new details through documents that McVeigh's lead attorney donated to the University of Texas that include summaries of conversations and letters between the bomber and his lawyer.

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There's 6 state parks in the works for Texans, wildlife officials say.Peyton Manning recalls trash-talk exchange with Texans star J.J.Kemp's ridley sea turtle lays nest of 80 eggs in Surfside Beach.Parks in Houston that everyone should visit at least once.Video of diamondback rattlesnake swimming on Texas lake terrifies and intrigues Internet.Astronomers witness star eat its own planet.“Homegrown” benefits from fresh interviews from figures such as former President Bill Clinton and Attorney General Merrick Garland, who oversaw the prosecution of McVeigh and Nichols. The book revisits a story Toobin first chronicled in 1997 as he covered the trials of McVeigh and Nichols for The New Yorker magazine. In “Homegrown: Timothy McVeigh and the Rise of Right-Wing Extremism,” legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin provides the most authoritative and compelling history of the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing to date.īut what makes it such a gripping read is how Toobin puts the attack in context of an extremist, anti-government movement that has accelerated in the Internet age and eventually led to the Jan.

Instead, McVeigh and coconspirator Terry Nichols connected with extremist voices through much simpler means such as gun shows, right-wing publications and radio programs. Murrah Building that killed 168 people occurred long before 4chan, Twitter or Facebook.

American Heiress by Jeffrey Toobin