Bremer, Arthur Herman ___ 1950-n/a ___ American ___ servant

BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY
Bremer grew up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, one of four sons of Sylvia and William Bremer, an abusive, alcoholic couple. He worked as a busboy and a janitor's assistant. On 15 May 1972, he shot Democratic presidential candidate George Wallace in Laurel, Maryland, leaving Wallace paralysed for life. Bremer was later sentenced to over 50 years in prison. He was released in 2007. Despite many conspiracy theories, no one other than Bremer was ever charged in connection with the shooting. FBI officers found a diary in Bremer's apartment, in which he had written about his plans to kill George Wallace or Richard Nixon. Parts of it were published as 'An Assassin's Diary'. However, it's worth noting that Gore Vidal wrote an interesting article for the 'New York Review of Books' in 1973 questioning whether, in fact, the diary had been forged by Howard Hunt.Also of note is that Paul Schrader is said to have been partly inspired by Bremer’s diary when he wrote the screenplay for the 1976 film ‘Taxi Driver’.
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Wikipedia bio

DIARY DATES, CONTENT DESCRIPTORS
1972 ___ political self historyeye

WEB TEXT LINKS
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ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LINKS
 

SOME PUBLISHED TITLES
An Assassin's Diary
 

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