The Killing of Karen Silkwood: The Story Behind the Kerr-McGee Plutonium Case by Richard Rashke

The Killing of Karen Silkwood: The Story Behind the Kerr-McGee Plutonium Case

Richard Rashke

450 pages first pub 1981 (editions)

nonfiction biography history true crime informative medium-paced
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Karen Silkwood, an employee of the Kerr-McGee plutonium processing plant, was killed in a car crash on her way to deliver important documents to a newspaper reporter in 1974. Silkwood was a union activist concerned about health and safety issues a...

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