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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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- ISBN: 9781984879837
- ISBN: 1984879839
- Physical Description: xxii, 345 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Publisher: [New York, New York] : Viking, [2022]
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [327]-332) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction -- Labette County, Kansas -- The theater of a nation's struggle -- A nursery of moral monstrosities -- A revolting spectacle of crime made public -- In pursuit of murderers -- Bender or bust -- Epilogue. |
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| Subject: | Bender family. Serial murderers > Kansas > Labette County > History > 19th century. Frontier and pioneer life > Kansas. Kansas > History > 19th century. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General. |
| Genre: | Biography. True crime stories. Biographies. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| East Grand Forks Campbell Library | 364.1523 JONUSAS 2022 (Text) | 522453 | Non-Fiction | Available | - |
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| 245 | 1 | 0. | ‡aHell's half-acre : ‡bthe untold story of the Benders, a serial killer family on the American frontier / ‡cSusan Jonusas. |
| 264 | 1. | ‡a[New York, New York] : ‡bViking, ‡c[2022] | |
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| 505 | 0 | . | ‡aIntroduction -- Labette County, Kansas -- The theater of a nation's struggle -- A nursery of moral monstrosities -- A revolting spectacle of crime made public -- In pursuit of murderers -- Bender or bust -- Epilogue. |
| 520 | . | ‡a"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 'Hells 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. The idea that a family of seemingly respectable homesteaders--one among thousands who were relocating further west looking for land and opportunity after the Civil War--were capable of operating 'a human slaughter pen' appalled and fascinated the nation. But who the Benders really were, why they committed such a vicious killing spree, and what became of them when they fled from the law is a mystery that remains unsolved to this day--not that there aren't some convincing theories. Part gothic western, part literary whodunnit, and part immersive study of postbellum America, Hell's Half-Acre 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. Susan Jonasus draws on extensive original archival material, and introduces us to a fascinating cast of characters, including the despairing families of the victims as well as the fugitives that helped the murderers escape. Hell's Half-Acre is not simply a book about a mass murder. It is a journey into the turbulent heart of nineteenth century America, a place where modernity stalks across the landscape, violently displacing existing populations and wearily building new ones. It is a world where folklore can quickly become fact, and an entire family of criminals can slip right through a community's fingers, only to reappear at the most unexpected of times"-- ‡cProvided by publisher. | |
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