<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">I actually ran across that in my search for the book. That whole sad affair with the guy running rogue with a bulldozer appeared to have taken on the nickname “KillDozer”; but the name was actually co-opted from the 1946 short story/1970s film and did not originate with that event.<br><br><br>Spencer<div><br><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Jul 14, 2021, at 10:18 PM, Mogrits <mogrits@gmail.com> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">I think this was a mistake Spencer made copying this to the list but I have some knowledge of this subject. The movie "Tread" which was streaming recently on Amazon deals with the Marv Neemeyer (sp?) story, probably in the most balanced way. The book "Killdozer" by the newspaper publisher whose building was wrecked by same is obviously biased, Marv was pretty reasonable all things considered, until he felt pushed too far. I am biased myself having spent time where it happened and talking to people who knew him. That's all I have to offer to this out of context conversation.<div><br></div><div>And Spencer- it is a very short read if you're discussing "Killdozer" by the Granby publisher.<br><div><br></div><div>Warren</div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Jul 14, 2021 at 6:15 PM Spencer Yost <<a href="mailto:spencer@rdfarms.com">spencer@rdfarms.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Purchased. Thanks for the tip. Short stories are all I have time for these days anyway so that works out perfect<br>
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> If you like the movie, you will really like the Theodore Sturgeon short story that was. . . strip-mined for the film script.<br>
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