Once Upon a Time : A True Story of Memory, Murder, and the Law

MacLean, Harry N.

ISBN 10: 006016543X / ISBN 13: 9780060165437

Published by HarperCollins, 1983

About this Item

Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 485 pages.

Seller Inventory # 120196

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Once Upon a Time : A True Story of Memory, Murder, and the Law
• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Publication Date: 1983
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 006016543X
• ISBN 13: 9780060165437
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Very Good+
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+

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Synopsis

Offers an in-depth account of how a woman's alleged recall of the murder of her childhood best friend resulted in the conviction of her own father for the crime

About the Author

HARRY N. MACLEAN is a lawyer and writer based in Denver, Colorado. He is the author of In Broad Daylight, which won an Edgar Award for Best True Crime and was a New York Times bestseller for twelve weeks; his second book, Once Upon A Time: A True Story of Memory, Murder, and the Law, was named a New York Times Notable Book of the Year; his third book, The Past Is Never Dead: The Trial of James Ford Seale and Mississippi’s Search for Redemption, was shortlisted for the William Saroyan Award, given by Stanford University. His debut novel, The Joy of Killing, published in July 1015, has been described as a “combination love story, mystery, psychological suspense and meditation on the nature and origin of violence.”