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Autore |
McQueen Keven |
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Titolo |
Murder in old Kentucky : true crime stories from the Bluegrass / / Keven McQueen |
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Bloomington, Indiana : , : Indiana University Press, , [2021] |
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©2021 |
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Edizione |
[Second edition.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (215 pages) |
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Soggetti |
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Murder - Kentucky |
Kentucky |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction to the Expanded 2021 Edition -- 1. Kentucky's First Great Murder -- 2. Richard Shuck Confesses All and Then Some -- 3. A Mob Teaches Mr. Klein the Error of His Ways -- 4. Playing It Cool -- 5. Colonel Buford Begs to Differ with Judge Elliott -- 6. An Argument for the Involuntary Commitment of the Criminally Insane -- 7. An Arsonist with a Grudge -- 8. Cold Case File, 1866 -- 9. A Question of Sanity -- 10. The Hanging of John Vonderheide -- 11. A Regular Killing Machine -- 12. "A Little Fun": The Ashland Tragedy -- 13. A Two-Fisted Professor Refuses to Take No for an Answer -- 14. Moses Caton, Family Man -- 15. Knox County Atrocity -- 16. A Possible Poisoner and a Definite One -- 17. The Smart Murders, or Choose Your Friends Wisely -- 18. How Not to Spend Homecoming Week -- 19. The Showers-Moore Tragedy -- 20. On the Benefits of Keeping One's Temper -- 21. A Heart in the Wrong Place -- 22. Two for the Chair -- 23. Murder on a College Campus -- 24. Same Story, Different Endings -- 25. The Head on the Mound -- Bibliography. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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-Author attends numerous local events and will be a good self-promoter -His other books sell well and get good publicity -The true stories are short and easy to read in small spurts. |
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