Hell&Apos S Half Acre Susan Jonusas Scribner Uk Αγγλικά Βιβλία History World

A Suspense Filled Tale Of Murder On The American Frontier—Shedding New Light Family Serial Killers In Kansas Whose Horrifying Crimes Gripped Attention Nation Still Reeling From War \ Carefully Researched And Horribly Compelling Examination Unimaginable Evil Intruding Upon Everyday Life\ Observer 1873 People Labette County Made Grisly Discovery Buried By Trailside Cabin Beneath An Orchard Young Apple Trees Were Remains Countless Bodies Below Itself Was Cellar Stained With Blood Benders Four Who Once Resided Property Nowhere To Be Found Sent Local Community National Newspapers Into Frenzy That Continued For Decades Sparking Epic Manhunt Idea Seemingly Respectable Homesteaders—One Among Thousands Relocating Farther West Search Land Opportunity After Civil War—Were Capable Operating Human Slaughter Pen\ Appalled Fascinated But Really Why They Committed Such Vicious Killing Spree Whether Justice Ever Caught Up Them Is Mystery Unsolved This Day Set Against Backdrop Postbellum America Hell’s Half-Acre Explores Environment Allowing Horrors Take Place Drawing Extensive Original Archival Material Susan Jonusas Introduces Us Fascinating Cast Characters Many Whom Have Been Previously Missing Story Are Families Victims Hapless Detectives Lost Trail Fugitives Helped Murderers Escape Journey Turbulent Heart Nineteenth Century Where Modernity Stalks Across Landscape Violently Displacing Existing Populations Building Ones It World Folklore Can Quickly Become Fact Entire Criminals Slip Through Community’s Fingers Only Reappear Most Unexpected Places “Dark Bloody Hard-Nosed Lyrical True-Crime Mass-Murder Old Has Stripped Down Notorious Hell Back Rebuilt Prose So Immediate Immersive Feels Like She Must There Beware All Hail Stunning Debut Great Powerful Voice Narrative Non-Fiction ” Dan Jones Sunday Times Bestselling Author Templars Plantagenets Thrones Σελίδες: 368 Έτος Έκδοσης: 0302 Διαστάσεις: 13X13Cm