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Ax Murders of Saxtown: The Unsolved Crime That Terrorized a Town and Shocked the
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by Nicholas J. Pistor


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An entire household massacred. A family feud. A sheriff found dead. Neighbor turned against neighbor. Reports of ghosts, bounty hunters, deathbed confessions, and legacy fortunes. In 1874, the Saxtown massacre rocked a nation reeling from economic depression and shattered a small German immigrant farming community in Illinois. The murder of the Stelzriede family led investigators through forests and farmland, chasing footprints, bloody tobacco leaves, and the marks of an ax dragged away from the scene.Nicholas J. C. Pistor's The Ax Murders of Saxtown is a gripping tale of suspense and suspicion that exposes brand new information about the century-old crime and showcases the flaws of the nineteenth-century justice system.

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  • Title Ax Murders of Saxtown: The Unsolved Crime That Terrorized a Town and Shocked the Nation
  • Author Nicholas J. Pistor
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition 1st Edition
  • Pages 256
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Lyons Press, Guilford, Connecticut, U.S.A.
  • Date 2014-01
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
  • ISBN 9780762786978 / 0762786973
  • Weight 1.05 lbs (0.48 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.1 x 6.1 x 1 in (23.11 x 15.49 x 2.54 cm)
  • Themes
    • Aspects (Academic): Crime/Criminology
    • Chronological Period: 19th Century
  • Library of Congress subjects Murder - Illinois - History - 19th century, Criminal investigation - Illinois - History
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2013045437
  • Dewey Decimal Code 364.152

About the author

Nicholas J. C. Pistor is a reporter at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch who has broken stories on some of the biggest crimes in the Midwest and has been a consultant for CBS's 48 Hours true-crime series. He has appeared on nearly every major television news network, including NBC's Today Show, CBS, Fox News, MSNBC, and CNN's Nancy Grace. He grew up a few miles from the Saxtown murder scene, where talk of the crime kept him awake as a boy. He currently lives in downtown St. Louis.
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