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Autore: | McQueen Keven |
Titolo: | Murder in old Kentucky : true crime stories from the Bluegrass / / Keven McQueen |
Pubblicazione: | Bloomington, Indiana : , : Indiana University Press, , [2021] |
©2021 | |
Edizione: | Second edition. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (215 pages) |
Disciplina: | 362.8829309769 |
Soggetto topico: | Murder - Kentucky |
Soggetto geografico: | Kentucky |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references. |
Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
Sommario/riassunto: | -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. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Murder in old Kentucky |
ISBN: | 0-253-05750-7 |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910794539003321 |
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