Brothers in Blood
The True Account of the Georgia Massacre
Published on 26. May 2020
398 pages
978-1-5040-6201-5 (ISBN)
Description
A "gripping, emotionally charged" account of a brutal crime committed by escaped prisoners from an Edgar Award-winning author (
Los Angeles Times Book Review).
In 1973, six members of the Alday family were brutally murdered in their home in Donalsonville, Georgia, by fugitives who escaped from a Maryland prison and broke in to the Alday's house. Two of the escapees were brothers, and they picked up another one of their siblings, only fifteen years old, along the way. The governor at the time-future president Jimmy Carter-called it "the most heinous crime in Georgia."
This true account looks at the entire story: not only the unspeakable massacre and its aftermath, but the horrifying backstories and motives of the various perpetrators-one of whom would finally be executed thirty years later.
In 1973, six members of the Alday family were brutally murdered in their home in Donalsonville, Georgia, by fugitives who escaped from a Maryland prison and broke in to the Alday's house. Two of the escapees were brothers, and they picked up another one of their siblings, only fifteen years old, along the way. The governor at the time-future president Jimmy Carter-called it "the most heinous crime in Georgia."
This true account looks at the entire story: not only the unspeakable massacre and its aftermath, but the horrifying backstories and motives of the various perpetrators-one of whom would finally be executed thirty years later.
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Person
Clark Howard(1932-2016)Born in Ripley, Tennessee, Howardwas one of the most honored mystery writers in America and was a longtime favorite of readers of Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, and numerous other publications. A professional writer for over 40 years, he wrote sixteen novels, six books of non-fiction, and published two collections of short stories, in addition to more than 200 uncollected short stories. Howard was honored withthe Edgar Allan Poe award for best short story of 1981from the Mystery Writers of America. In 2009, Howard won the Edward D. Hoch Memorial Golden Derringer Award for Lifetime Achievement from the Short Fiction Mystery Society.¿
Content
- Intro
- Title
- Preface
- Contents
- Part 1: Carl Issacs
- Chapter 1
- Chapter 2
- Chapter 3
- Chapter 4
- Chapter 5
- Chapter 6
- Chapter 7
- Chapter 8
- Chapter 9
- Chapter 10
- Chapter 11
- Chapter 12
- Chapter 13
- Interlude: The Alday Family
- Chapter 14
- Chapter 15
- Chapter 16
- Part 2: Wayne Coleman and George Dungee
- Chapter 17
- Chapter 18
- Chapter 19
- Interlude: The Alday Family
- Chapter 20
- Part 3: Billy Issacs
- Chapter 21
- Chapter 22
- Chapter 23
- Chapter 24
- Interlude: The Alday Family
- Chapter 25
- Chapter 26
- Part 4: May 14, 1973
- Chapter 27
- Chapter 28
- Part 5: Aftermath to Murder
- Chapter 29
- Chapter 30
- Part 6: Georgia Justice
- Chapter 31
- Chapter 32
- Chapter 33
- Afterword: The Alday Family
- About the Author
- Copyright
