Murder Out Yonder True Crime Stories from America's Frontier

by Holbrook, Stewart H.

• ISBN13: 9780486803876
• ISBN10: 0486803872
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2016-05-18
• Publisher: Dover Publications

Summary

Praised by Kirkus Reviews as "a brisk, colorful, and cleverly recounted selection of ten crimes," this gripping book ventures into rural America to uncover true tales of homicide. From "Death and Times of a Prophet," involving a hypnotic Oregon revivalist known as Joshua the Second, to "Who Called on Sarah Meservey?," an account of the mysterious slaying of a Maine sea captain’s wife, these reports of backwoods bloodletting crackle with suspense. Culprits include Belle Gunness, a lady Bluebeard who dispatched numerous victims; Harry Orchard, a bomber who haunted Colorado mines; conman Harry T. Hayward, America's first documented serial killer; and other cutthroats.
Author Stewart Hall Holbrook (1893–1964) worked as a lumberjack, actor, cartoonist, artillery man, and editor. His lively books on American history cover topics as diverse as the timber industry, the Wobblies, Ethan Allen, and eccentrics of the Pacific Northwest. Murder Out Yonder ranges from coast to coast to offer a fascinating variety of real-life crime stories.

Author Biography

Stewart Hall Holbrook (1893–1964) worked as a lumberjack, actor, cartoonist, artillery man, and editor. In addition to reviews for the New York Herald Tribune and editorials and feature articles for the Portland Oregonian, he wrote several lively books on American history, covering topics as diverse as the timber industry, the Wobblies, Ethan Allen, and eccentrics of the Pacific Northwest.

Table of Contents

I. Death and Times of a Prophet

II. The Great Homestead Murders

III. Rocky Mountain Dynamite Man

IV. Kitty Ging's Buggy Ride

V. Trouble at Cameron Dam

VI. Murder at Bad Axe

VII. Belle of Indiana

VIII. Professor Leurio and Dr. Rulloff

IX. The Crime in the Vale of Tempe

X. Who Called on Sarah Meservey?

XI. Folklore of American Murder: and Some Notes on the Scenes of Crimes, Together with Acknowledgments and Bibliographical Details

Index