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Furious hours : murder, fraud, and the last trial of Harper Lee, Casey Cep
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- Summary
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- "The stunning story of an Alabama serial killer and the true-crime book that Harper Lee worked on obsessively in the years after To Kill a Mockingbird. Reverend Willie Maxwell was a rural preacher accused of murdering five of his family members for insurance money in the 1970s. With the help of a savvy lawyer, he escaped justice for years until a relative shot him dead at the funeral of his last victim. Despite hundreds of witnesses, Maxwell's murderer was acquitted -- thanks to the same attorney who had previously defended the Reverend. Sitting in the audience during the vigilante's trial was Harper Lee, who had traveled from New York City to her native Alabama with the idea of writing her own In Cold Blood, the true-crime classic she had helped her friend Truman Capote research seventeen years earlier. Lee spent a year in town reporting, and many more working on her own version of the case. Now Casey Cep brings this nearly inconceivable story to life, from the shocking murders to the courtroom drama to the racial politics of the Deep South. At the same time, she offers a deeply moving portrait of one of the country's most beloved writers and her struggle with fame, success, and the mystery of artistic creativity."--
- Reverend Willie Maxwell was a rural preacher accused of murdering five of his family members for insurance money in the 1970s. With the help of a savvy lawyer, he escaped justice for years until a relative shot him dead at the funeral of his last victim. Despite hundreds of witnesses, Maxwell's murderer was acquitted-- thanks to the same attorney who had previously defended the Reverend. Sitting in the audience during the vigilante's trial was Harper Lee, who had traveled from New York City to her native Alabama with the idea of writing her own true-crime classic. Cep brings this nearly inconceivable story to life, from the shocking murders to the courtroom drama to the racial politics of the Deep South. -- adapted from jacket
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xii, 314 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Contents
-
- Part two:
- The lawyer.
- Who's in the stew?
- Roses are red
- The fight for good
- The Maxwell house
- Peace and goodwill
- Tom v. Tom
- The man from Eclectic
- What Holmes was talking about
- Part one:
- Part three:
- The writer.
- Disappearing act
- Some kind of soul
- The gift
- Deep calling to deep
- Death and taxes
- Rumor, fantasy, dreams, conjecture, and outright lies
- Coming back until doomsday
- Horseshoe Bend
- The Reverend.
- The long good-bye
- Divide the waters from the waters
- Minister of the Gospel
- Death benefits
- Seventh son of a seventh son
- Just plain scared
- No exception to the rule
- Isbn
- 9781101947869
- Label
- Furious hours : murder, fraud, and the last trial of Harper Lee
- Title
- Furious hours
- Title remainder
- murder, fraud, and the last trial of Harper Lee
- Statement of responsibility
- Casey Cep
- Subject
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- trueWomen true crime writers
- trueAlabama -- History -- 20th century
- trueCreativity in women
- Lee, Harper
- Maxwell, Willie
- Murder -- Investigation -- Alabama
- trueRace relations
- trueRural crimes
- trueRural life
- trueSerial murderers
- Serial murders -- Alabama
- trueTrials (Murder)
- trueTrials (Murder) -- Alabama
- True crime stories
- Language
- eng
- Summary
-
- "The stunning story of an Alabama serial killer and the true-crime book that Harper Lee worked on obsessively in the years after To Kill a Mockingbird. Reverend Willie Maxwell was a rural preacher accused of murdering five of his family members for insurance money in the 1970s. With the help of a savvy lawyer, he escaped justice for years until a relative shot him dead at the funeral of his last victim. Despite hundreds of witnesses, Maxwell's murderer was acquitted -- thanks to the same attorney who had previously defended the Reverend. Sitting in the audience during the vigilante's trial was Harper Lee, who had traveled from New York City to her native Alabama with the idea of writing her own In Cold Blood, the true-crime classic she had helped her friend Truman Capote research seventeen years earlier. Lee spent a year in town reporting, and many more working on her own version of the case. Now Casey Cep brings this nearly inconceivable story to life, from the shocking murders to the courtroom drama to the racial politics of the Deep South. At the same time, she offers a deeply moving portrait of one of the country's most beloved writers and her struggle with fame, success, and the mystery of artistic creativity."--
- Reverend Willie Maxwell was a rural preacher accused of murdering five of his family members for insurance money in the 1970s. With the help of a savvy lawyer, he escaped justice for years until a relative shot him dead at the funeral of his last victim. Despite hundreds of witnesses, Maxwell's murderer was acquitted-- thanks to the same attorney who had previously defended the Reverend. Sitting in the audience during the vigilante's trial was Harper Lee, who had traveled from New York City to her native Alabama with the idea of writing her own true-crime classic. Cep brings this nearly inconceivable story to life, from the shocking murders to the courtroom drama to the racial politics of the Deep South. -- adapted from jacket
- Award
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- Gold Dagger Award for Best Nonfiction of the Year, 2020.
- New York Times Notable Book, 2019
- Assigning source
- Dust jacket
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10776022
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Cep, Casey N
- Dewey number
- 364.152/32092
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- plates
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- HV6533.A2
- LC item number
- C47 2019
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Maxwell, Willie
- Lee, Harper
- Serial murders
- Murder
- Trials (Murder)
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- murder, fraud, and the last trial of Harper Lee
- Label
- Furious hours : murder, fraud, and the last trial of Harper Lee, Casey Cep
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-314)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
-
- text
- still image
- Content type code
-
- txt
- sti
- Content type MARC source
-
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Part two:
- The lawyer.
- Who's in the stew?
- Roses are red
- The fight for good
- The Maxwell house
- Peace and goodwill
- Tom v. Tom
- The man from Eclectic
- What Holmes was talking about
- Part one:
- Part three:
- The writer.
- Disappearing act
- Some kind of soul
- The gift
- Deep calling to deep
- Death and taxes
- Rumor, fantasy, dreams, conjecture, and outright lies
- Coming back until doomsday
- Horseshoe Bend
- The Reverend.
- The long good-bye
- Divide the waters from the waters
- Minister of the Gospel
- Death benefits
- Seventh son of a seventh son
- Just plain scared
- No exception to the rule
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xii, 314 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781101947869
- Lccn
- 2018043337
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, map
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1052463829
- Label
- Furious hours : murder, fraud, and the last trial of Harper Lee, Casey Cep
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-314)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
-
- text
- still image
- Content type code
-
- txt
- sti
- Content type MARC source
-
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Part two:
- The lawyer.
- Who's in the stew?
- Roses are red
- The fight for good
- The Maxwell house
- Peace and goodwill
- Tom v. Tom
- The man from Eclectic
- What Holmes was talking about
- Part one:
- Part three:
- The writer.
- Disappearing act
- Some kind of soul
- The gift
- Deep calling to deep
- Death and taxes
- Rumor, fantasy, dreams, conjecture, and outright lies
- Coming back until doomsday
- Horseshoe Bend
- The Reverend.
- The long good-bye
- Divide the waters from the waters
- Minister of the Gospel
- Death benefits
- Seventh son of a seventh son
- Just plain scared
- No exception to the rule
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xii, 314 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781101947869
- Lccn
- 2018043337
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, map
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1052463829
Subject
- trueWomen true crime writers
- trueAlabama -- History -- 20th century
- trueCreativity in women
- Lee, Harper
- Maxwell, Willie
- Murder -- Investigation -- Alabama
- trueRace relations
- trueRural crimes
- trueRural life
- trueSerial murderers
- Serial murders -- Alabama
- trueTrials (Murder)
- trueTrials (Murder) -- Alabama
- True crime stories
Genre
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- trueDagger Awards: CWA Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction
- trueNew York Times Notable Books - Nonfiction: 2019
- trueBook Club Best Bets for Nonfiction Fans
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