<b>The riveting true story of Olympic wrestling gold medal-winning brothers Mark Schultz and Dave Schultz and their fatal relationship with the eccentric John du Pont, heir to the du Pont dynasty </b><br><br>On January 26, 1996, Dave Schultz, Olympic gold medal winner and wrestling golden boy, was shot three times by du Pont family heir John E. du Pont at the famed Foxcatcher Farms estate in Pennsylvania. Following the murder there was a tense standoff when du Pont barricaded himself in his home for two days before he was finally captured.<br><br><i>Foxcatcher</i> is gold medal winner Mark Schultz's memoir, revealing what made him and his brother champion and what brought them to Foxcatcher Farms. It's a vivid portrait of the complex relationship he and his brother had with du Pont, a man whose catastrophic break from reality led to tragedy. No one knows the inside story of what went on behind the scenes at Foxcatcher Farms - and inside John du Pont's head - better than Mark Schultz.<br><br>The incredible true story of these championship-winning brothers and the wealthiest convicted murderer of all time will be making headlines this fall, and Mark's memoir will reveal the true inside story.
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Personal Review of Foxcatcher
January 26, 1996: I was 26 years old, had wrestled all my life and Dave Schultz was my wrestling "hero." Dave was bigger than life as I had studied tapes of his technique and international matches for a number of years. I knew of all his amazing accolades as well as his off the mat ambassadorship qualities. I even met him briefly at a high school wrestling match not long before he was tragically murdered. Dave was every bit the friendly person I had always envisioned when I gathered the courage to say Hi and speak to him briefly. I knew much less about his younger brother Mark Schultz, only his amazing accolades and tremendous "natural" ability, or so I thought "natural" until I read Foxcatcher and learned how hard this man worked to earn everything he had ever achieved on the mat. I was driving home very late on that cold, dark night of January 26, 1996 when the news from earlier that day came across my radio of the tragedy that occurred in Newtown Square, PA on Foxcatcher Farms. In an instant, my wrestling hero, who was bigger than life and the friendliest competitor off the mat I had ever met, was tragically murdered by millionaire eccentric John DuPont. I cried so much that night, the close knit wrestling community had also lost a hero. My obvious questions of Why, How, and For What Reason have never been properly answered....until Mark Schultz's book, Foxcatcher. For me, this book is very personal and a must read for all athletes and non-athletes. Summary: Described through the eyes and first hand experiences of Mark Schultz, Foxcatcher extensively covers the experiences of growing up very poor in Palo Alto, CA, to competing in various sports, to being lost in the shadow of an older brother, to the frailties, fears, and anxiety of competing in the sport of wrestling, to the awe-inspiring accomplishments of both Schultz brothers, and of course, the spiral downward plunge of John DuPont who used his massive wealth for manipulation, control, personal recognitio...
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