The pale-faced lie, a true story, David Crow
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The pale-faced lie, a true story, David Crow
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The pale-faced lie
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David Crow
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a true story
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Growing up on the Navajo Indian Reservation, David Crow and his siblings idolized their dad. Tall, strong, smart, and brave, the self-taught Cherokee regaled his family with stories of his World War II feats. But as time passed, David discovered the other side of Thurston Crow, the ex-con with his own code of ethics that justified cruelty, violence, lies-even murder. A shrewd con artist with a genius IQ, Thurston intimidated David with beatings to coerce him into doing his criminal bidding. David's mom, too mentally ill to care for her children, couldn't protect him. One day, Thurston packed up the house and took the kids, leaving her nothing. Soon he remarried, and David learned that his stepmother was just as vicious and abusive as his father. Through sheer determination, and with the help of a few angels along the way, David managed to get into college and achieve professional success. When he finally found the courage to stop helping his father with his criminal activities, he unwittingly triggered a plot of revenge that would force him into a showdown with Thurston Crow. With lives at stake, including his own, David would have only twenty-four hours to outsmart his father-the brilliant, psychotic man who bragged that the three years he spent in the notorious San Quentin State Prison had been the easiest time of his life
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- Child abuse -- United States -- Case studies
- Family violence -- United States -- Case studies
- Fathers and sons -- Biography
- Cherokee Indians -- Biography
- Adult child abuse victims -- United States -- Biography
- Children of criminals -- United States -- Biography
- Navajo Indians -- Biography
- Criminals -- United States -- Biography
- Crow, Thurston
- Crow, David, (Lobbyist)
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- Child abuse -- United States -- Case studies
- Family violence -- United States -- Case studies
- Fathers and sons -- Biography
- Cherokee Indians -- Biography
- Adult child abuse victims -- United States -- Biography
- Children of criminals -- United States -- Biography
- Navajo Indians -- Biography
- Criminals -- United States -- Biography
- Crow, Thurston
- Crow, David, (Lobbyist)
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