Mary Jane's Ghost : The Legacy of a Murder in Small Town America /

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"Summer 1948. In the scenic, remote river town of Oregon, Illinois, a young couple visiting the local lovers' lane is murdered. The shocking crime garners headlines from Portland, Maine, to Long Beach, California. But after a sweeping manhunt, no one is arrested and the violent deaths of M...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gregory, Ted (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Iowa City : University Of Iowa Press, [2017]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Skridla, Stanley.
Reed, Mary Jane, > 1930-1948.
Murder victims.
Murder.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Journalism.
TRUE CRIME > Murder > General.
Meurtre > Illinois > Oregon > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Victimes d'homicide > Illinois > Oregon > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Murder > Illinois > Oregon > History > 20th century.
Murder victims > Illinois > Oregon > History > 20th century.
Illinois > Oregon.
Recits criminels.
True crime stories.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Death of a butterfuly, lost in the weeds
  • Field trips downstate
  • In memoriam
  • Origins
  • "I don't believe in chasing demons"
  • Distraction, obsession
  • Heinous Abe and a break in the case
  • The opposite of forgetting
  • The earnest grave-finders exhume reconciliation
  • Rivers of fate
  • Send in the ghosts
  • Memory and silence
  • Our shared history, revised
  • George, Doug, Jerry, Greg, and Mark
  • The perilous line between truth and loyalty
  • The messy, noble pursuit.

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