The Bloody Century by Robert Wilhelm

The Bloody Century by Robert Wilhelm

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

The Sensational

• 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

The Unsolved

• Rose Ambler - found stabbed in a field near her home
• Benjamin Nathan-beaten to death in his bedroom

and many others.

Richly illustrated with scenes and portraits from the time of the murders, and including songs and poems written to commemorate the crimes, The Bloody Century invokes a fitting atmosphere for Victorian homicide.

The days of America's distant past, the time of gaslights and horse-drawn carriages, are often viewed as quaint and sentimental, but a closer look reveals passions, fears, and motives that are timeless and universal, and a population inured to violence, capable of monstrous acts. A visit to The Bloody Century may well give us insight into our own.

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ISBN 13	9780692300671
ISBN 10	0692300678
Title	The Bloody Century
Author	Robert Wilhelm
Series	The Bloody Century
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Night Stick Press
Year published	2014-11-21
Number of pages	290
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.