The devil's right hand
Subtitle: the tragic story of the Colt family curse
By: M. William Phelps
Publisher: Lyons Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Guilford, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 315
ISBN-13: 9780762763795
Subjects: Murder; Biography; Inventors
Description: From the author who brought you the shocking true story that inspired "Arsenic and Old Lace" comes the horrific legacy of death and destruction in the gunmaking Colt family during the 19th Century, a legacy largely remembered for a lurid murder case that inspired Edgar Allan Poe's story "The Oblong Box" but one that encompassed so much more.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-307) and index.
Table of contents: title: Pt. 1. Clashing foils; title: Black hats & ink; title: Maiden voyage; title: Family ties; title: Mankiller; title: A deathlike hue; title: A greenish cast; title: The devil and the gunmaker; title: pt. 2. The sacrificial lamb; title: Confessions of the way life used to be; title: Forgive me, I am dying now; title: A silent space of time; title: Blood in the gutter; title: Blood brothers; title: Catch-penny abuse; title: Prison house; title: Theater of murder; title: A brother's sins; title: Born for blood; title: A bloodthirsty heart; title: "Death hath no terrors"; title: pt. 3 Engine of destruction; title: Blood on his hands; title: A dreadful cup of vengeance; title: Moving on; title: The tail of a lion; title: Saved by the Indians; title: House of hope; title: Fortune smiles; title: Life springs and death blows; title: His father's son; title: A final blow.