Kansas Charley
Subtitle: the story of a Nineteenth-Century boy murderer
By: Joan Jacobs Brumberg.
Publisher: Viking
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 273
Subjects: Miller, Charley, -- 1874-1892.; Murderers -- United States -- Biography.; Juvenile homicide -- Case studies.
Genres: Biography.; Case studies.
Description: Explores the subject of juvenile murderers and juvenile justice through the life and death of Charley Miller (Kansas Charley) in the late 1880s.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [249]-266) and index.
Table of contents: title: I: The cradle of youth; title: Becoming "Kansas Charley"; title: "Where is my wandering boy tonight?"; title: Attention, at last; title: II: In court; title: Boys don't cry; title: The politics of clemency; title: Acting out; title: A stormy April; title: "I can die game".