Murder in old Kentucky : true crime stories from the Bluegrass / / Keven McQueen

• Autore: McQueen Keven
• 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.: 9910827376303321
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