Thirty-Eight Witnesses (ePub)

“This is a most important book by perhaps the most important newspaper editor of the last half century.” —Gay Talese
 
“Abe Rosenthal told a stunning, tragic story and called each one of us to account for averting our eyes—and hearts—and voices.” —Mike Wallace
 
“Journalism of a high order, well-written, provocative and dismaying . . . Mr. Rosenthal’s little book sheds a little light on part of the gigantic moral crisis of our time.” —Orville Prescott, The New York Times
 
“Several of the haunting questions Rosenthal raised, generalized to any such situation, remain unanswerable, and link as firmly to the present as they did to their own time.” —Art Winslow, Chicago Tribune
 
“A look at our collective guilt for Genovese’s murder, the way we are all complicit when the rules of society start breaking down . . . Vivid.”—David Ulin, Los Angeles Times
 
“A memorable book that needs to be available to anyone who struggles to live an honorable life.” —Robert Coles
 
“The classic book on the subject.” —Liz Smith
 
“Tremendously impactful . . . Besides being a formidable journalist, Rosenthal . . . was also an enchanting storyteller . . . A remarkable read.” —Maria Popova, BrainPickings.org
 
“A zeitgeist book.” —The Guardian
 
“Years after its first printing, Thirty-Eight Witnesses remains a starkly terrifying morality play.” —Publishers Weekly