American Hangman: A Biography of Amos Lunt, the Executioner of San Quentin
- ISBN-10
- 1476646015
- ISBN-13
- 9781476646015
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 291
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2022-09-21
- Publisher
- McFarland
- Author
- Tobin T. Buhk
Description
In the 1890s, Amos Lunt served as the San Quentin hangman, tying the nooses that brought the most dangerous criminals in the Wild West to their deaths. A former police chief who became the hangman of San Quentin due to an unfortunate turn of events, Lunt stood on the gallows alongside bank robbers, desperadoes and assassins for five years. This book follows Lunt's trail from the Santa Cruz police department to the State Prison. Covering his interesting friendship with a series of death row inmates and the gradual deterioration of his sanity, it is a one-of-a-kind biography that details an American executioner. Also profiled are his subjects--20 of the West's most heinous criminals--as well as Lunt's preparations for their hangings and their final moments on the gallows.
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