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From the back cover:

IN 1972, THE STEVEN STAYNER STORY SHOCKED THE NATION. NOW, THE NEXT TERRIBLE CHAPTER UNFOLDS AS HIS BROTHER CARY ADMITS HE'S THE YOSEMITE KILLER.

Bright and likeable, seven-year-old Steven Stayner always listened to his mother. Especially about talking to strangers. But when soft poken "Reverend" Parnell asked to speak with his mother about church, Steven guesses it would be okay. Until he got into the man's car. By then, it was too late.

Held captive by convicted child molester Kenneth Eugene Parnell for seven years as his "son Dennis," Steven was forced to endure abuse so terrible that he forgot his own name. Parnell evaded a statewide search for Steven, keeping his young prisoner moving from one cheap motel to the next. Finally, Steven made a desperate escape with five-year-old Timmy White, another kidnapped boy, returning home to their parents, then courageously testifying to convict Parnell for his inhuman crimes.

The basis for the blockbuster TV movie, I KNOW MY FIRST NAME IS STEVEN is the compelling true account of Steven Stayner's seven years of horror and of his parents who never gave up hope for his safe return. It is also the complete, updated story of how Cary Stayner made headlines of his own - as the cold-blooded killer who terrorized Yosemite.

This book is being reserved for a trade with JustJen.

This book is average in my thoughts.

The author did an absolutely fabulous job in doing the interviews and research needed to portray the story as accurate and true. And for that I can only comend the author. But, because this book is not fiction and it does stay so close to the facts it just is not the most riveting of books. It gets to a point where it really starts to drag. I found that the same stuff over and over was geting a bit tiresome.

However, I did *have* to finish the book to find out what happens in the end. And I thought it interesting the author's epilogue and the information on Cary Stayner.

An OK book if you are into the non fiction and true crime type stuff.

C

Mailed 16 Dec 2004.

Received in a controlled release.