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Inspiration for Truman Capote's, In Cold Blood...
Inspiration for Truman Capote's, In Cold Blood...
Item # 695230
November 18, 1959
PRATT DAILY TRIBUNE, Pratt, Kansas, November 18, 1959
* The Clutter Family murders in Holcomb (Garden City), Kansas
* In Cold Blood - real-life murders inspired Truman Capote
The front page has a two column heading: "Bloodstains on Bridge May Be Lead in Clutter Deaths", which is coverage on the gruesome murder of the Clutter Family in Holcomb, Kansas, which later became the inspiration for Truman Capote's noteworthy non-fiction novel, "In Cold Blood."
Complete with 8 pages, a few small binding holes along the spine, library stamp within the masthead, generally in nice condition.
Note: Six weeks after this report, Richard "Dick" Hickock and Perry Smith were arrested for the murders and were later executed by the State of Kansas.
* The Clutter Family murders in Holcomb (Garden City), Kansas
* In Cold Blood - real-life murders inspired Truman Capote
The front page has a two column heading: "Bloodstains on Bridge May Be Lead in Clutter Deaths", which is coverage on the gruesome murder of the Clutter Family in Holcomb, Kansas, which later became the inspiration for Truman Capote's noteworthy non-fiction novel, "In Cold Blood."
Complete with 8 pages, a few small binding holes along the spine, library stamp within the masthead, generally in nice condition.
Note: Six weeks after this report, Richard "Dick" Hickock and Perry Smith were arrested for the murders and were later executed by the State of Kansas.
Category: The 20th Century
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