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Title:
The devil's right hand : the tragic story of the Colt family curse
Author:
Phelps, M. William.
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
Guilford, Conn. : Lyons Press, [2012]

©2012
Physical Description:
xix, 315 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Summary:
From the author who brought you the shocking true story that inspired "Arsenic and Old Lace" comes the horrific legacy of death and destruction in the gunmaking Colt family during the 19th Century, a legacy largely remembered for a lurid murder case that inspired Edgar Allan Poe's story "The Oblong Box" but one that encompassed so much more.
Language:
English
Contents:
Pt. 1. Clashing foils -- Black hats & ink -- Maiden voyage -- Family ties -- Mankiller -- A deathlike hue -- A greenish cast -- The devil and the gunmaker -- pt. 2. The sacrificial lamb -- Confessions of the way life used to be -- Forgive me, I am dying now -- A silent space of time -- Blood in the gutter -- Blood brothers -- Catch-penny abuse -- Prison house -- Theater of murder -- A brother's sins -- Born for blood -- A bloodthirsty heart -- "Death hath no terrors" -- pt. 3 Engine of destruction -- Blood on his hands -- A dreadful cup of vengeance -- Moving on -- The tail of a lion -- Saved by the Indians -- House of hope -- Fortune smiles -- Life springs and death blows -- His father's son -- A final blow.
ISBN:
9780762763795

9780762788460
Format :
Book