Deaths on Pleasant Street

A journalist turned teacher of writing and now retired, Fowler sets out what is known and what is surmised about the 1909 triple murder case surrounding the wealthy Swope family in Independence, Missouri and the long prosecution for the crime of a doctor married into the family. He leaves to historians and legal scholars such questions as whether justice was served and how the incident reflected and shaped the history of the country. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)