Speaking ill of the dead
Subtitle: jerks in Connecticut history
By: Ray Bendici
Publisher: Globe Pequot Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Guilford, Conn
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780762772155
Subjects: Outlaws; Criminals; Anecdotes; Rogues and vagabonds; Biography; History
Other titles: Jerks in Connecticut history
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Benedict Arnold : from hero to traitor to scourge; title: George Metesky : angry jerk with a short fuse; title: Lydia Sherman : Connecticut's own black widow; title: Julius Schacknow : self-made prophet, savior, and god; title: Uncas : last (and likely worst) of the Mohicans; title: Rev. Samuel A. Peters : exiled loyalist and "victim of pseudomania"; title: Anastase A. Vonsiatsky : fascist jerk in the time of Hitler; title: Amy Archer-Gilligan : the true story behind Arsenic and old lace; title: P.T. Barnum : prince of the humbugs; title: Philip Musica : multiple identities, one jerk; title: Samuel Colt : the jerk who won the West; title: Hannah Hovey : the Wicked Witch of Monroe; title: Rev. Herbert H. Hayden : minister turned murderer; title: Salvatore "Midge Renault" Annunziato : a "made" jerk; title: William Stuart : the (allegedly) most celebrated jerk in Connecticut history.