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1 online resource (1 audio file (8hr., 31 min.)) : digital. |
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digital digital recording rda |
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data file rda |
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Digital content provided by hoopla. |
| Performer |
Performed by Jefferson Mays. |
| Summary |
The definitive account of the bizarre hostage drama that gave rise to the term Stockholm Syndrome. On the morning of August 23, 1973, a man wearing a wig, makeup, and a pair of sunglasses walked into the main branch of Sveriges Kreditbank, a prominent bank in central Stockholm. He ripped out a submachine gun, fired it into the ceiling, and shouted, The party starts! This was the beginning of a six-day hostage crisis - and media circus -that would mesmerize the country, drawing into its grip everyone from Sweden's most notorious outlaw to the prime minister. By the end, the police and press alike would have a new way to understand the complicated emotional relationship between captor and captive. Based on a wealth of previously unavailable sources, including rare film footage, and unprecedented access to the main participants, Six Days in August is a groundbreaking work of nonfiction - a rich human drama of loyalty and betrayal, obedience and defiance, fear and attraction. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Subject |
Bank robberies -- Sweden -- Stockholm -- Case studies.
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History.
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Hostage negotiations -- Sweden.
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Hostages -- Sweden.
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Police -- Sweden.
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Stockholm syndrome.
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| Added Author |
Mays, Jefferson, narrator.
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hoopla digital.
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| ISBN |
9781980090687 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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1980090688 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
| Music No. |
MWT13496409 |
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