The True Story of the Hart-Meservey Murder Trial, In Which Light is Thrown Upon Dark Deeds, Incompetency, and Perfidy; and Crime Fastened upon those whose Position, if not Manhood, Should have Demanded Honest Dealing
by Dunton, Alvin R
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About This Item
Boston: Published by the Author, 1882. First Edition. 309 pp, including index and five pages of testimonials regarding the competence and credibility of the author. A good copy in original pictorial cloth; scuffed, well-rubbed at the edges, and lacking front free endpaper. McDade 447: "Mrs. Sarah Meservey was last seen alive in Tenants Harbor, Maine, on December 22, 1877. Her strangely incurious neighbors did not look behind her blinds for five weeks; then her strangled body was found. Hart, a neighbor, was convicted of her murder, mainly because he talked too much before the body was found of how he dreamed she was strangled." The author, a handwriting expert, had appeared before the grand jury as a witness for the prosecution. After he learned that a handwriting sample he had been told was written by Hart was actually by someone else, he became convinced of Hart's innocence and determined to prove it.
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- Bookseller
- Walkabout Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 19423
- Title
- The True Story of the Hart-Meservey Murder Trial, In Which Light is Thrown Upon Dark Deeds, Incompetency, and Perfidy; and Crime Fastened upon those whose Position, if not Manhood, Should have Demanded Honest Dealing
- Author
- Dunton, Alvin R
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Published by the Author
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1882
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Walkabout Books is an antiquarian bookstore located in southwest Washington State. We specialize in Americana and the literature of travel and adventure, including travel narratives, travel and tourism ephemera (travel diaries, vintage brochures, guidebooks, etc), exploration, mountaineering, and other outdoor pursuits. We also carry interesting and unusual books in many other fields.
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