Aberration in the Heartland of the Real: The Secret Lives of Timothy McVeigh

A deep dive into the life of Timothy McVeigh and the Oklahoma City bombing. Wendy S. Painting's Aberration in the Heartland of the Real presents startling new biographical details about Timothy McVeigh and exposes stark contradictions and errors contained in previous depictions of the "All-American Terrorist." This book traces McVeigh's life from childhood to the Army, throughout the plot to bomb the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building and the period after his 1995 arrest until his 2001 execu...