Foxcatcher : the true story of my brother's murder, John du Pont's madness, and the quest for Olympic gold / Mark Schultz, with David Thomas.

Foxcatcher : the true story of my brother's murder, John du Pont's madness, and the quest for Olympic gold / Mark Schultz, with David Thomas.

By
Schultz, Mark, 1960-

Publication Date
2014

Publication Information
New York : Dutton,

Physical Description
311 p. : color ill.

Subject Term
Wrestlers -- United States -- Biography.
 
Olympic athletes -- Biography.
 
Murder -- United States -- Case studies.
 
Wrestling -- United States.

Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (page 311).

Summary
The riveting true story-soon to be a high-profile film-of Olympic wrestling gold medal-winning brothers Mark Schultz and Dave Schultz and their fatal relationship with the eccentric John du Pont, heir to the du Pont dynasty On January 26, 1996, Dave Schultz, Olympic gold medal winner and wrestling golden boy, was shot three times by du Pont family heir John E. du Pont at the famed Foxcatcher Farms estate in Pennsylvania.

Language
English

ISBN
9780525955030

General Note
"The true story of my brother's murder."
 
"The story that inspired a motion picture."


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