During that time, a group within the Nation of Islam calling itself the. If (('gtm=off') const isAppRedirect = ('appRedirect') Ĭonst isAndroid = /Android/i.test(erAgent) Ĭonst isIphone = /iPhone|iPad|iPod/i. Zebra, by Clark Howard, is a true-crime novel based on the so-called Zebra killings in San Francisco in 19. In the retelling, the cold jargon of police files leaps starkly to life. “ pounding narrative meticulously describes the so-called Zebra killings of 1973–74, when 23 white San Franciscans were murdered or maimed by a group of Black Muslim extremists. They were members of a Black Muslim cult aspiring to earn the title “Death Angel” by slaughtering white victims.Ĭombining history and dramatic recreations, this is the “repellent but riveting” in-depth story of a horrifying killing spree and the fanatical hatred that drove it-and the SFPD’s desperate quest to take the culprits down (Kirkus Reviews). Zebra: The True Account of the 179 Days of Terror in San Francisco by Howard, Clark and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available. It took months before the culprits could be identified, with the help of an informer. The streets became deserted and tourism plunged. Their victims ranged from a teenage Salvation Army cadet to a middle-aged Jordanian grocer to an eighty-one-year-old janitor. In the early 1970s, a small band of well-dressed, clean-cut African American men began terrorizing the residents of San Francisco with guns and machetes. The story is not too well-known especially in today's media culture, because it details a series of.

It is the story of the Zebra murders in San Francisco in the early 1970's. Edgar Award Finalist: The true story of a string of brutal crimes committed in the name of religious fanaticism and racial hatred in 1970s San Francisco. /rebates/2fbook-search2fisbn2f97804250463572f&. Having finished Moshe Pearlman's book on Adolf Eichmann a couple of weeks ago, I then read Clark Howard's book Zebra. Clark Howard’s pounding narrative meticulously describes the so-called Zebra killings of 197374, when 23 white San Franciscans were murdered or maimed by a group of Black Muslim extremists.

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