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The Resource Hell's half-acre : the untold story of the Benders, a serial killer family on the American frontier, Susan Jonusas

Hell's half-acre : the untold story of the Benders, a serial killer family on the American frontier, Susan Jonusas

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Hell's half-acre : the untold story of the Benders, a serial killer family on the American frontier
Title
Hell's half-acre
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the untold story of the Benders, a serial killer family on the American frontier
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Susan Jonusas
Title variation
Hells half-acre
Title variation remainder
the untold story of the Benders, a serial killer family on the American frontier
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eng
Summary
In 1873 the people of Labette County in Kansas made a grisly discovery. Buried on a homestead seven miles south of the town of Cherryvale, in a bloodied cellar and under frost-covered soil, were countless bodies in varying states of decay. The discovery sent the local community and national newspapers into a frenzy that continued for over two decades, and the land on which the crimes took place became known as 'Hell's Half-Acre.' When it emerged that a family of four known as the Benders had been accused of the slayings, the case was catapulted to infamy. Part gothic western, part literary whodunnit, and part immersive study of postbellum America, this book sheds new light on one of the most notorious cases in our nation's history while holding a torch to a society under the strain of rapid change and moral disarray
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contains biographical information
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11045457
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Jonusas, Susan
Dewey number
364.152/320978196
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  • illustrations
  • maps
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index present
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non fiction
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bibliography
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  • Bender family
  • Serial murderers
  • Frontier and pioneer life
  • Kansas
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the untold story of the Benders, a serial killer family on the American frontier
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Hell's half-acre : the untold story of the Benders, a serial killer family on the American frontier, Susan Jonusas
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [327]-332) and index
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volume
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  • nc
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rdacarrier
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text
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  • txt
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rdacontent
Dimensions
24 cm
Extent
xxii, 345 pages
Isbn
9781984879837
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2021024138
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unmediated
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rdamedia
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  • n
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illustrations, maps
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  • (OCoLC)on1259511448
  • 3596475
Label
Hell's half-acre : the untold story of the Benders, a serial killer family on the American frontier, Susan Jonusas
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages [327]-332) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Dimensions
24 cm
Extent
xxii, 345 pages
Isbn
9781984879837
Lccn
2021024138
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations, maps
System control number
  • (OCoLC)on1259511448
  • 3596475

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