Book Beat Event with Matthew Moseley
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| 22 Jun 2010 |
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Denver Press Club
1330 Glenarm Place
Denver, CO 80204
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Tuesday, June 22, 6 p.m., BOOK BEAT EVENING with MATTHEW MOSELEY, whose new book is titled, "Dear Dr. Thompson: Felont Murder, Hunter S. Thompson and the Last Gonzo Campaign."
Moseley is a principal at InterMountain Corporate Affairs in Denver. Free and open to all. No reservations needed; just show up. Jeff Kass, formerly of the Rocky Mountain News, will serve as moderator.
What it's about: While serving a life sentence at Colorado Women's Correctional Facility in Canon City, 25-year-old Lisl Auman wrote an off-chance letter to legendary Gonzo journalist Harold S. Thompson to complain that his books were not available in the prison library.
Her tragic story began in 1997 when she took a ride in the Thunder Chicken - a freshly stolen red Trans Am - with skinhead Matthaeus Jaehnig. Their brief and devastating journey resulted in the death of Denver Police Officer Bruce VanderJagt. Jaehnig shot VanderJagt, then turned the gun on himself, all while Auman was in handcuffs in a police cruiser. Two officers later said they saw Auman hand Jaehnig the murder weapon, and she was sentenced to life without parole.
Moseley also wrote a memo to Thompson, outlining how to organize a grassroots campaign to free Lisl Auman from prison and to take on the felony murder law. the book chronicles Auman's struggles and takes you inside the last - and perhaps greatest - Gonzo campaign. Click here for more information.
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