note. He made available much of his personal collection. My job takes me to dozens of university campuses throughout the United States and my use of their libraries, most often in the middle of the night, and the kindness of their staffs are appreciated, though they are too numerous to list. The staffs of the West Palm Beach Public Library in West Palm Beach, Florida, and the George Memorial Library of Richmond, Texas, were especially helpful in amassing information for the early chapters.
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I was honored to have Dr. James Alan Fox, Dean of the College of Criminal Justice of Northeastern University, take time from a very busy schedule to read my manuscript and provide valuable advice. Mr. Neal Spelce, a well-known news anchorman and reporter for K-EYE News in Austin, kindly gave me a videotape of his broadcasts of 1 August 1991, the 25th anniversary of the Whitman murders. Additionally, Mr. Spelce reviewed the manuscript and contributed a brief review. Mr. Robert Heard, a former Associated Press reporter and presently the editor and publisher of
Inside Texas
, a newsletter about Texas sports, agreed to look over my manuscript and suggested minor changes, nearly all of which I accepted. Jessica Flynn, a journalism major at the University of Texas, made available news programs and videotapes I could not otherwise locate. William J. "Bill" Helmer, a former contributing editor of
Playboy
, provided much needed advice and encouragement. He also contributed directly by reviewing the manuscript and giving me a copy of his recording of live radio broadcasts of the sniping incident.
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The staff of the
Lake Worth Herald
of Lake Worth, Florida, very kindly made their back issues available to me. The old newspapers were bound and shelved in a storage area that was barely accessible, and the volumes had to be dusted off for my use. For their trouble I am grateful.
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David Reed, a Registered Pharmacist from Rayne, Louisiana, and Jim Davies of Cedar Park Pharmacy in Cedar Park, Texas, were kind enough to provide me with information on Dexedrine and Dexamyl.
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The staffs of the Davis-Greenlawn Cemetery of Rosenberg, Texas, the Hillcrest Memorial Park of West Palm Beach, Florida, and the Crestview Memorial Park of Wichita Falls, Texas, were helpful in locating the graves which provided the inspiration for the Prologue.
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