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02533aam a2200325Ii 4500 001 55BB0E6207F111ED914C8BAC5AECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220720010045 008 210702s2021 coua b 000 0deng d 020 $a 1952225620 020 $a 9781952225628 035 $a (OCoLC)1258659747 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d NHS $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d JIN $d SILO 043 $a n-us-nh 082 04 $a 364.152/30974245 $2 23 100 1 $a Mallett, Renee. 245 14 $a The 'Peyton Place' murder : $b the true crime story behind the novel that shocked the nation / $c Renee Mallett. 264 1 $a Denver, Colorado : $b Wildblue Press, $c [2021] 300 $a 180 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 22 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references. 520 $a "Grace Metalious, born and raised in Manchester, New Hampshire, came from humble beginnings. A former mill worker, mother of three, and school principal's wife, she would shock the nation in 1956 with the publication of Peyton Place, her first novel about a murder in a small town. Quickly becoming the best-selling book of its time, the sexually-charged book spawned sequels, two Hollywood movies, and a long-running television series on ABC starring Mia Farrow and Ryan O'Neal. It also made Metalious a pariah in the town where she lived, and tabloid fodder for years, ultimately leading to the her untimely death at the age of 39. Unknown to most readers, behind the fictional story about the lives and scandals of residents of a small New England town Metalious called Peyton Place, lay a dark secret based on fact. The story was, in part, inspired by a true life crime known in the press as 'The Sheep Pen Murder,' which took place in Gilmanton, New Hampshire in the late 1940s. n THE 'PEYTON PLACE' MURDER: The True Crime Story Behind The Novel That Shocked The Nation' historian Renee Mallett skillfully weaves together the lives of Metalious and Barbara Roberts, the confessed killer behind The Sheep Pen Murder. In her book, Mallett shines a new light on the inspiration behind the shocking best-selling novel and explores what happens when true crime and literature meet"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Homicide $z New Hampshire. 600 10 $a Roberts, Barbara. 600 10 $a Metalious, Grace. $t Peyton Place. 651 8 $a Gilmanton Ironworks (N.H.) 650 8 $a Homicide in literature. 941 $a 1 952 $l GUPF501 $d 20220720011119.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=55BB0E6207F111ED914C8BAC5AECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b JINInitiate Another SILO Locator Search