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Skull in the ashes : murder, a gold rush manhunt, and the birth of circumstantial evidence in America /
On a February night in 1897, the general store in Walford, Iowa, burned down. The next morning, townspeople discovered a charred corpse in the ashes. Everyone knew that the store's owner, Frank Novak, had been sleeping in the store as a safeguard against burglars. Now all that remained were a f...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Iowa City :
University of Iowa Press,
[2013]
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Fire and ice. Death in flames ; The Bohemian immigrant's clever son ; Down on the ground ; Thiel's men move in ; Following the trail
- Hardships. Klondike madness ; Inside, hell begins ; Down the Yukon ; The long journey home
- The trial. Setting the stage ; Orange pumpkins and yellow journalism; Inside the courthouse ; Point and counterpoint ; The summing up and verdict ; After the verdict
- The white palace and the fort. Life in the colony ; The redemption dance ; Novak's second disappearing act ; The measure of their lifetimes.