David Kaczynski, brother of the Unabomber Ted Kaczynski joins us this morning for an extended segment to talk about his new book, Every Last Tie.
David Kaczynski will be at the Open Door Book Store and Gift Gallery in Schenectady from Noon to 1:30pm today for a discussion and book signing.
In August 1995 David Kaczynski's wife Linda asked him a difficult question: "Do you think your brother Ted is the Unabomber?" He couldn't be, David thought. But as the couple pored over the Unabomber's seventy-eight-page manifesto, David couldn't rule out the possibility. It slowly became clear to them that Ted was likely responsible for mailing the seventeen bombs that killed three people and injured many more. Wanting to prevent further violence, David made the agonizing decision to turn his brother in to the FBI.
Every Last Tie is David's highly personal and powerful memoir of his family, as well as a meditation on the possibilities for reconciliation and maintaining family bonds. David, formerly of Schenectady, served as assistant director at Equinox in Albany, a shelter for runaways and homeless youths. He also served as Executive Director of New Yorkers Against the Death Penalty and more recently as Director of a Tibetan Buddhist monastery.