Doc: The Rape of the Town of Lovell by Jack Olsen [FIRST EDITION / FIRST PRINTING]

FIRST EDITION / FIRST PRINTING [1989] ATHENEUM BOOKS

Hardcover with dust jacket in excellent condition;  minor wear. 

For twenty-five years, John Story, the trusted family doctor, in a small Wyoming town had been raping and molesting the women and children who most relied on him. Mostly Mormons, the naive victims sometimes realized on their wedding nights the truth about what had happened in Dr. Story's office.

In riveting detail, veteran crime writer Jack Olsen tells the searing story of a small group of courageous women who decided to bring a doctor to justice — and unearthed a legacy of pain and anger that would divide their families, their neighbors, and an entire town Publishers Weekly: This masterful book by the author of Son, as much a searching sociological study as a true-crime narrative, tells what happened in Lovell when these happenings came to light: the community lost its bearings and the doctor was convicted of rape.