The Bloody Century: True Tales of Murder in 19th Century America - Paperback
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The Bloody Century: True Tales of Murder in 19th Century America - Paperback
$22.88
by Robert Wilhelm (Author)
A murderous atmosphere pervaded nineteenth-century America and lurid murders dominated newspaper headlines.
The Bloody Century retells the stories of Americans, driven by desperation, greed, jealousy, or an irrational bloodlust, to take the life of someone around them. It presents 50 of the most intriguing murder cases from the archives of American crime including: The Famous- Lizzie Borden
- H H Holmes
- The Bloody Benders
- Jesse Pomeroy - 14-year-old serial killer
- Adolph Luetgert-dissolved his wife in a vat of lye
- Lydia Sherman-poisoned her husband and nine others
- Rose Ambler - found stabbed in a field near her home
- Benjamin Nathan-beaten to death in his bedroom
Author Biography
Robert Wilhelm is the author of Murder and Mayhem in Essex County (History Press), a history of capital crimes in Essex County, Massachusetts from the 1600s to the turn of the twentieth century. He blogs about historical true crime at Murder by Gaslight (www.MurderByGaslight.com) and The National Night Stick (nightstick.azurewebsites.net). Robert lives and works in Boston, Massachusetts.
Number of Pages: 290
Dimensions: 0.61 x 9 x 6 IN
Illustrated: Yes
Publication Date: November 21, 2014
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