Granite Gallows - True Tales of the Death Penalty & More from New Hampshire's H (Paperback)


Capital punishment is perhaps the most controversial topic in New Hampshire today. But this debate has been raging since 1739, when the first persons were executed in Portsmouth. This book explores the disturbing origins of capital punishment in the Granite State, and exhumes the history of other taboo topics, including abortion, body snatching, and suicide. In the end, readers will be rewarded with an illuminating journey into some very dark and dirty corners of New Hampshire's past.

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Capital punishment is perhaps the most controversial topic in New Hampshire today. But this debate has been raging since 1739, when the first persons were executed in Portsmouth. This book explores the disturbing origins of capital punishment in the Granite State, and exhumes the history of other taboo topics, including abortion, body snatching, and suicide. In the end, readers will be rewarded with an illuminating journey into some very dark and dirty corners of New Hampshire's past.

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Product Details

General

Imprint

Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Country of origin

United States

Release date

April 2014

Availability

Expected to ship within 10 - 15 working days

First published

April 2014

Authors

Dimensions

254 x 178 x 11mm (L x W x T)

Format

Paperback - Trade

Pages

208

ISBN-13

978-1-4992-8262-7

Barcode

9781499282627

Categories

LSN

1-4992-8262-1



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