Midnight Assassin - A Murder in America's Heartland

Informationen zum Autor Patricia Bryan is a professor of law at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. With Thomas Wolf, she is the author of Midnight Assassin: A Murder in America's Heartland (Iowa paperback, 2007) and numerous articles on Susan Glaspell. Thomas Wolf received his MFA in creative writing from the Iowa Writers' Workshop; he is now a writing consultant for the Association of American Medical Colleges. They live in Chapel Hill with their three sons. Klappentext On the night of December 1!1900! Iowa farmer John Hossack was attacked and killed while he slept at home beside his wife! Margaret. On April 11! 1901! after five days of testimony before an all-male jury! Margaret Hossack was found guilty of his murder and sentenced to life in prison. One year later! she was released on bail to await a retrial; jurors at this second trial could not reach a decision! and she was freed. She died August 25! 1916! leaving the mystery of her husband's death unsolved. Zusammenfassung On the night of December 1! 1900! Iowa farmer John Hossack was attacked and killed while he slept at home beside his wife! Margaret. On April 11! 1901! after five days of testimony before an all-male jury! Margaret Hossack was found guilty of his murder and sentenced to life in prison. One year later! she was released on bail to await a retrial.

Product details

• Authors: Patricia L Bryan, Patricia L. Bryan, Patricia L./ Wolf Bryan, Thomas Wolf
• Publisher: University Of Iowa Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.08.2007
• EAN: 9781587296055
• ISBN: 978-1-58729-605-5
• No. of pages: 278
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 222 mm x 19 mm
• Series: A Bur Oak Book; Bur Oak Books; Bur Oak Books; Bur Oak Book
• Subjects: Fiction > Suspense; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Amerikanische Geschichte, USA Mittlerer Westen, TRUE CRIME / Murder / General, True Crime / Espionage, HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)