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Killer Colt

Murder, Disgrace, and the Making of an American Legend
TaschenbuchKartoniert, Paperback
280 Seiten
Englisch
An in-the-room account of John Colt´s scandalous nineteenth-century murder trial from America´s principal chronicler of its greatest psychopathic killers (Boston Review). In this masterful account, renowned true-crime historian Harold Schechter takes you into the life and crimes of convicted murderer John Caldwell Colt, drawing parallels between John´s rise to notoriety and his brother Samuel Colt´s rise to fame as the inventor of the legendary revolver. With a killing that made headlines around the nation, John Colt became a cultural touchstone whose shocking villainy inspired and provoked such writers as Edgar Allan Poe, Walt Whitman, and Herman Melville. Unlike his brother, John lived a nomadic existence, bouncing from one job to another. His one distinction, writing a reference accounting book, would play a part in his fall from grace. For in New York City, on September 17, 1841, John murdered printer Samuel Adams with a hatchet during a heated argument over proceeds from book sales. A media circus ensued, galvanizing the penny press, which printed lurid headlines and gruesome woodcut illustrations. The standing-room-only trial created unforgettable moments in legal history, including such dramatic evidence as Samuel Adams´s decomposed head. The verdict and its aftermath would reverberate throughout the country and beyond, giving John Colt lasting infamy. [Schechter] leads us through Colt´s trial with such precision that you can smell the cigar smoke in the courtroom. . . . Killer Colt succeeds in making us care about this story now by showing why it mattered to so many people then. -HistoryNetmehr
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KlappentextAn in-the-room account of John Colt´s scandalous nineteenth-century murder trial from America´s principal chronicler of its greatest psychopathic killers (Boston Review). In this masterful account, renowned true-crime historian Harold Schechter takes you into the life and crimes of convicted murderer John Caldwell Colt, drawing parallels between John´s rise to notoriety and his brother Samuel Colt´s rise to fame as the inventor of the legendary revolver. With a killing that made headlines around the nation, John Colt became a cultural touchstone whose shocking villainy inspired and provoked such writers as Edgar Allan Poe, Walt Whitman, and Herman Melville. Unlike his brother, John lived a nomadic existence, bouncing from one job to another. His one distinction, writing a reference accounting book, would play a part in his fall from grace. For in New York City, on September 17, 1841, John murdered printer Samuel Adams with a hatchet during a heated argument over proceeds from book sales. A media circus ensued, galvanizing the penny press, which printed lurid headlines and gruesome woodcut illustrations. The standing-room-only trial created unforgettable moments in legal history, including such dramatic evidence as Samuel Adams´s decomposed head. The verdict and its aftermath would reverberate throughout the country and beyond, giving John Colt lasting infamy. [Schechter] leads us through Colt´s trial with such precision that you can smell the cigar smoke in the courtroom. . . . Killer Colt succeeds in making us care about this story now by showing why it mattered to so many people then. -HistoryNet
Details
ISBN/GTIN978-1-5040-9427-6
ProduktartTaschenbuch
EinbandartKartoniert, Paperback
FormatTrade Paperback (USA)
Erscheinungsjahr2024
Erscheinungsdatum31.07.2024
Seiten280 Seiten
SpracheEnglisch
MasseBreite 152 mm, Höhe 229 mm, Dicke 18 mm
Gewicht458 g
Artikel-Nr.14386589

Autor

Harold Schechter taught American literature for four decades and is Professor Emeritus at Queens College. His works have appeared in many publications, including the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and the Los Angeles Times. He has written extensively on American pop culture in such books as The Bosom Serpent and Savage Pastimes, and his true-crime book The Mad Sculptor was nominated for an Edgar Award. In addition, Schechter has penned detective novels based on the works of Edgar Allan Poe and received an Edgar Award nomination for the Curiosity House series, published under the pseudonym H. C. Chester and co-written with his daughter, bestselling novelist Lauren Oliver. Schechter co-wrote with David Black the episode teleplay for Law & Order's "Castoff."