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A Death at Crooked Creek: The Case of the Cowboy, the Cigarmaker, and the Love Letter
Marianne Wesson
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Description for A Death at Crooked Creek: The Case of the Cowboy, the Cigarmaker, and the Love Letter
Hardcover. Combines the drama, intrigue, and emotion of excellent storytelling with cutting-edge forensic investigation techniques and legal theory Num Pages: 405 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNK; 3JH; BTC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 159 x 229 x 33. Weight in Grams: 696.
"This is an
extraordinary and ground-breaking book, a wonderfully creative mix of fact and
theory, imagination and drama. Anyone with an interest in law, history, or, for
that matter, great storytelling will fall in love with A Death at Crooked Creek. The startling origin of the complex
'intention exception' to the hearsay evidence rule becomes canvas on which a
grand and marvelously detailed tale is told. This is modern narrative at its
best: a marriage of spectacular writing and hard, documented truth presented by
a brilliant author who doubles as a gifted and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
NYU Press
Number of pages
405
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Number of Pages
405
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780814784563
SKU
V9780814784563
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99-1
About Marianne Wesson
Marianne Wesson is Professor of Law and President’s Teaching Scholar, University of Colorado Law School. She is the author of best-selling and prize-winning legal novels including Render up the Body, A Suggestion of Death, and Chilling Effect. She lives in a Colorado mountain valley with her husband, llamas, dogs, and visiting wildlife.
Reviews for A Death at Crooked Creek: The Case of the Cowboy, the Cigarmaker, and the Love Letter
"The 'whodunit' lives in law professor Marianne Wesson's A Death at Crooked Creek. Her book tells the story of one of the most intriguing mysteries in American legal history: who was shot and killed at Crooked Creek, Kan., on a late winter's day in 1879? For evidence teachers, and possibly even law students slogging their way through hearsay and its ... Read more