Midnight Assassin: A Murder in America's Heartland
- ISBN-10
- 1565123069
- ISBN-13
- 9781565123069
- Category
- Social Science
- Pages
- 278
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2005
- Publisher
- Algonquin Books
- Authors
- Thomas Wolf, Patricia L. Bryan
Description
A detailed account of a crime that has haunted one Iowa town for more than a century describes the 1900 ax murder of John Hossack, a cruel and unstable man; the arrest, trial, and conviction of his wife, Margaret; her account of an intruder who broke into the house and killed her husband; and her eventual release on appeal.
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Other editions
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- 2007-08-15
- 296 pages
- Paperback
- University of Iowa Press
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