Historian Alan G. Gauthreaux chronicles 12 homicide cases from late 1800s and early 1900s Louisiana--where "unwritten law" justified jilted women who killed their paramours, and police took measures to protect defendants from lynch mobs. Stories include the 1907 kidnapping of seven-year-old Walter Lamana by the New Orleans "Black Hand," the 1912 acquittal of Zea McRee (a woman of "good reputation") in Opelousas, and the 1934 trial and execution of Shreveport's infamous "Butterfly Man."
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"I applaude Alan Gauthreaux for his attention to detail and facts. A writer should drag the reader back in time so they can be a witness, albeit, years later. If that is accomplished, the writer has done his job. In Bloodstained Louisiana, the writer has done his job impeccably. I am familiar with some of the cases discussed, but after reading those cases, I learned things I haven't known until now. Great job! Thank you."-Sal Perricone, former FBI agent, retired federal prosecutor, writer.
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Zielgruppe
Interest Age: From 18 years
Produkt-Hinweis
Illustrationen
23 photos, notes, bibliography, index
Maße
Höhe: 229 mm
Breite: 152 mm
Dicke: 12 mm
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ISBN-13
978-1-4766-7216-8 (9781476672168)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Alan G. Gauthreaux ?is an adjunct instructor of history at Nunez Community College in Chalmette, Louisiana. He has written numerous historical articles in the true crime and military history fields. He lives in Kenner, Louisiana.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Foreword by Florent Hardy, Jr.
Preface
Country Murders
The Cotton Farm Murders (1896)
A Massacre at Minden (1916)
"He's murdering me for nothing!" (1903)
The Business of the "Black Hand" (1907)
Hell Hath No Fury
The Death of Hugh Smith (1910)
The Strange Case of Kate Fretsch (1910-1911)
Question of Honor (1911)
A Woman Scorned (1913)
The Stalker (1913-1915)?104
The Tale of Sara Kellaway (1928)?119
Bodies in the Trunks (1927)
The "Butterfly Man" (1934)
Notes
Bibliography
Index
