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Overview
The harsh discipline of Puritan life bred the hard-bitten and hard-working people of Massachusetts, but did it also breed a unique type of criminal? This book explores the headline crimes of the state to find an answer. Included are the cases of the alleged ax-wielding Lizzie Borden, the executed anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti, the legendary Brink's robbery, the mysterious Boston Strangler, the Big Dan's spectator rape, the desperate college professor who murdered a young prostitute, and the fur salesman who slaughtered his wife and unborn child in cold blood.
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- ISBN-13: 9780811735636
- ISBN-10: 081173563X
- Publisher: Stackpole Books
- Publish Date: June 2009
- Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.5 x 0.3 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.45 pounds
- Page Count: 128
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