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Sto caricando le informazioni... Murder Out Yonderdi Stewart Hall Holbrook
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Praised by Kirkus Reviews as ""a brisk, colourful, and cleverly recounted selection of ten crimes,"" this gripping book ventures into rural America to uncover true tales of homicide. From ""Death and Times of a Prophet,"" involving a hypnotic Oregon revivalist known as Joshua the Second, to ""Who Called on Sarah Meservey?,"" an account of the mysterious slaying of a Maine sea captain's wife, these reports of backwoods bloodletting crackle with suspense. Culprits include Belle Gunness, a lady Bluebeard who dispatched numerous victims; Harry Orchard, a bomber who haunted colourado mines; conman Harry T. Hayward, America's first documented serial killer; and other cutthroats. Author Stewart Hall Holbrook (1893-1964) worked as a lumberjack, actor, cartoonist, artillery man, and editor. His lively books on American history cover topics as diverse as the timber industry, the Wobblies, Ethan Allen, and eccentrics of the Pacific Northwest. Murder Out Yonder ranges from coast to coast to offer a fascinating variety of real-life crime stories. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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The lead story is probably the standout, dealing as it does with the trifecta of sex, religious mania, and murder. Close behind that is the tale of a homicidal Indiana widow whose long-distance suitors showed up with cash to help her lift a non-existent morgage, and were never seen again. (And you thought romance scams were an invention of the internet age!) Most of the others deal with such mundanities as money, property, sex (there it is again), and revenge.
Holbrook sums it up with the perfect ending paragraph: "My research has also convinced me that the most interesting crimes in the United States have been committed by persons with rural and backwoods, or at least small-town, backgrounds. I don't think this proves anything in particular, or if it does that it is very important; but it does amuse me when I hear city people wonder, as I often do, what on earth the folks at the forks of the creek can find to talk about." ( )