Run, Brother, Run

By David Berg,

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In 1968 David Berg's brother, Alan, was murdered by Charles Harrelson-notorious hit man and father of Woody Harrelson. Alan was only thirty-one when he disappeared and for more than six months his family did not know what had happened to him-until his remains were found in a ditch in Texas.…

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1 author picked Run, Brother, Run as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Run, Brother, Run is my favorite true crime memoir simply because the author, David Berg, slices through the legal aspects and cuts deeply into the personal pain of murder.

After all, David is a prominent Houston attorney and the brother of the murder victim, Alan Berg. Just as David was beginning his law career and arguing (and winning) a case before the Supreme Court, Alan mysteriously disappeared.

David’s gut told him that Alan had been murdered by a ticked off business associate who had hired hitman Charles Harrelson, actor Woody Harrelson’s father. This time it’s Percy Foreman, Richard “Racehorse” Haynes’s…

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