Ax Murders of Saxtown: The Unsolved Crime That Terrorized A Town And Shocked The Nation

Write a Review
$14.53 - $37.82
UPC:
9780762786978
Binding:
Hardcover
Note:
Used books may not include companion materials/CD/Code etc, items in good condition.We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!
Publication Date:
1/14/2014
Author:
Nicholas J. C. Pistor
Language:
english
Adding to cart… The item has been added

Product Overview

Kansas City Star's '100 best books of 2014'...

A household massacred. A family feud. A sheriff found dead. Neighbor turned against neighbor. Reports of ghosts, curses, deathbed confessions, and legacy gold fortunes.

The never-before-told story of the 1874 Saxtown massacre that rocked a nation reeling from economicdepression and shattered a small German immigrant farming communityin Illinois. The murder of the Stelzriede family led investigators throughforests and farmland, chasing footprints, bloody tobacco leaves, the branches of a family tree, and themarks of an ax dragged away from the scene.

Nicholas J. C. Pistor's The Ax Murders of Saxtownis a true murder-mystery that warns of the dangers of greed and jealousy and anger; a gripping tale of suspense and suspicion that exposes brand new information about the century-oldcrime and showcases the flaws of the nineteenth-century justice system.