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Title Anatomy of a kidnapping : a doctor's story / Steven L. Berk.
Author Berk, S. L. (Steven L.), 1949-
Publication Info. Lubbock : Texas Tech University Press, c2011.
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 Orlando Public Library (Downtown) - Third Floor  364.154 BER    Check Shelves
Description xv, 248 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Contents The doctor -- Kidnapped -- Getting to Amarillo -- The thin line -- Aequanimitas -- The patient -- Mistakes -- Leslie -- Shame in Bushland -- Amarillo police -- Jeremy and Justin: my kidnapping from their perspective -- A new day -- Crime, drugs, and guns: crime in Texas -- The right prescription -- Jack Lindsey Jordan -- The capture -- The trial -- The dream.
Summary "Tells the story of Steven L. Berk, M.D., who was kidnapped from his home in Amarillo, Texas, in March of 2005. Shows how Berk used his experiences and training as a physician to survive the ordeal and bring his captor to justice"--Provided by publisher.
Subject Berk, S. L. (Steven L.), 1949- -- Kidnapping, 2005.
Kidnapping victims -- Texas -- Case studies.
Kidnapping -- Texas -- Case studies.
ISBN 9780896726932 (hbk. : alk. paper) : $27.95
0896726932 (hbk. : alk. paper)