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2248709The Pleahttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-plea/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/1875302/aaefa64d-49ef-4738-ae2e-6a05c87e281e.jpg?v=638342106564030000295409MXNUniversity of Iowa PressInStock/Ebooks/<p><strong>2023 Midwest Book Awards in Nonfiction - History, Regional, winner</strong></p><p>On a moonlit night in 1889, Iowa farmer John Elkins and his young wife, Hattie, were brutally murdered in their bed. Eight days later, their son, eleven-year-old Wesley Elkins, was arrested and charged with murder. The community reeled with shock by both the gruesome details of the homicides and the knowledge of the accused perpetratora small, quiet boy weighing just 75 pounds.</p><p>Accessible and fast-moving, <em>The Plea</em> delivers a complete, complex, and nuanced narrative of this horrific crime, while shedding light on the legal, social, and political environment of Iowa and the country in the late 1800s and early 1900s.</p>...2080682The Plea295409https://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-plea/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/1875302/aaefa64d-49ef-4738-ae2e-6a05c87e281e.jpg?v=638342106564030000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20229781609388409_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9781609388409_<p>On a moonlit night in 1889, Iowa farmer John Elkins and his young wife, Hattie, were brutally murdered in their bed. Eight days later, their son, eleven-year-old Wesley Elkins, was arrested and charged with murder. The community reeled with shock by both the gruesome details of the homicides and the knowledge of the accused perpetratora small, quiet boy weighing just 75 pounds.</p><p>Accessible and fast-moving, <em>The Plea</em> delivers a complete, complex, and nuanced narrative of this horrific crime, while shedding light on the legal, social, and political environment of Iowa and the country in the late 1800s and early 1900s.</p>(*_*)9781609388409_<p><strong>2023 Midwest Book Awards in Nonfiction - History, Regional, winner</strong></p><p>On a moonlit night in 1889, Iowa farmer John Elkins and his young wife, Hattie, were brutally murdered in their bed. Eight days later, their son, eleven-year-old Wesley Elkins, was arrested and charged with murder. The community reeled with shock by both the gruesome details of the homicides and the knowledge of the accused perpetratora small, quiet boy weighing just 75 pounds.</p><p>Accessible and fast-moving, <em>The Plea</em> delivers a complete, complex, and nuanced narrative of this horrific crime, while shedding light on the legal, social, and political environment of Iowa and the country in the late 1800s and early 1900s.</p>...9781609388409_University of Iowa Presslibro_electonico_e0316666-5470-37db-ad1f-70ade51e4ddd_9781609388409;9781609388409_9781609388409Thomas WolfInglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/uofchicagopress-epub-2de28ce6-0a12-4d92-ba62-ed672926cee5.epub2022-07-21T00:00:00+00:00University of Iowa Press