The day before he was to be sentenced for his role in a bribery conspiracy, Pennsylvania Treasurer R. Budd Dwyer held a news conference and shocked the world by pulling out a .357 Magnum revolver.
He alleged widespread, uninvestigated corruption in his case. Before a roomful of stunned reporters and unblinking cameras, he shot himself to death.
In The Sins of Our Fathers, two young writers set out to learn the truth behind Dwyer�s conviction and fall.
They discover dark secrets about their hometown, and a century of hidden history leading to the treasurer�s death.
The writers soon find themselves falling over the same stumbling blocks that tripped previous generations in their town.
�Sons trip on the same stones as their fathers,� they write.
This classic and hard-to-find book has been revised with a compelling new afterword.
