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Author:

Kaufman, Peter.

Title:

Skull in the ashes : murder, a gold rush manhunt, and the birth of circumstantial evidence in America / Peter Kaufman.

Publisher:

University of Iowa Press,

Copyright Date:

c2013

Description:

p. cm.

Subject:

Homicide investigation--Walford.--Walford.
Trials (Murder)--Walford.--Walford.
Evidence, Circumstantial--Walford.--Walford.
Novak, Frank--Trials, litigation, etc.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Fire and ice -- Death in flames -- The Bohemian immigrant's clever son -- Down on the ground -- Thiel's men move in -- Following the trail -- Hardships -- Klondike madness -- Inside -- Down the Yukon -- The long journey home -- The trial -- Setting the stage -- Orange pumpkins and yellow journalism -- Inside the courthouse -- Point and counterpoint -- The summing up and verdict -- After the verdict -- The white palace and the fort -- Life in the colony -- The redemption dance -- Novak's second disappearing act -- The measure of their lifetimes.

ISBN:

1609382137 (ebook)
9781609382131 (ebook)
1609381882 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9781609381882 (pbk. : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)830646791

LCCN:

2013010115

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