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In Cold Blood: A True Account of a Multiple Murder and Its Consequences Prebound - 1999
by Truman Capote
With the publication of this book, Capote permanently ripped through the barrier separating crime reportage from serious literature. As he reconstructs the 1959 murder of a Kansas farm family and the investigation that led to the capture, trial, and execution of the killers, Capote generates suspense and empathy.
About this book
In Cold Blood is a nonfiction book by American author Truman Capote. The book details the brutal 1959 murders of Herbert Clutter, a wealthy farmer from Holcomb, Kansas, and his wife and two of their children. When Capote learned of the quadruple murder before the killers were captured, he decided to travel to Kansas and write about the crime.
Summary
On November 15, 1959, in the small town of Holcomb, Kansas, four members of the Clutter family were savagely murdered by blasts from a shotgun held a few inches from their faces. There was no apparent motive for the crime, and there were almost no clues.As Truman Capote reconstructs the murder and the investigation that led to the capture, trial, and execution of the killers, he generates both mesmerizing suspense and astonishing empathy. In Cold Blood is a work that transcends its moment, yielding poignant insights into the nature of American violence.From the Trade Paperback edition.
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First Edition Identification
The first edition of In Cold Blood was published Random House in 1965. Stated "First Printing" with "1/66" and "$5.95" inside the front flap of the dust jacket.
Details
- Title In Cold Blood: A True Account of a Multiple Murder and Its Consequences
- Author Truman Capote
- Binding Prebound
- Edition Turtleback Scho
- Pages 343
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Turtleback Books
- Date October 1999
- ISBN 9780785777632 / 0785777636
- Weight 0.89 lbs (0.40 kg)
- Dimensions 7.94 x 5.58 x 1.08 in (20.17 x 14.17 x 2.74 cm)
- Reading level 1040
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 1950's
- Chronological Period: 1960's
- Cultural Region: Heartland
- Cultural Region: Midwest
- Cultural Region: Plains
- Geographic Orientation: Kansas
- Library of Congress subjects Murder - Kansas, Hickock, Richard Eugene
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 9306282
- Dewey Decimal Code 364.152
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