The Ax Murders of Saxtown. The Unsolved Crime That Terrorized a Town and Shocked the Nation.

Pistor, Nicholas J. C.

ISBN 10: 0762788607 / ISBN 13: 9780762788606

Published by Rowman & Littlefield, 2015

About this Item

Now in paperback, the story of one of our nation's most infamous and horrific crimes: The Saxtown Massacre. The 1874 murder of a family of five near St. Louis grabbed national headlines like no murder had since the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, and investigations into the crime exposed the flaws of nineteenth-century law enforcement. Num Pages: 256 pages, 18 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBNU; 3JH; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 142 x 17. Weight in Grams: 21. . 2015. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Ax Murders of Saxtown. The Unsolved Crime That Terrorized a Town and Shocked the Nation.
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0762788607
• ISBN 13: 9780762788606
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

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 the 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.

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 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.