Execution Eve – William J. Buchanan
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In a story reminiscent of Dead Man Walking, the 1941 murder of golf star Marion Miley enraged the nation. People were finally quieted when three men were arrested, tried and convicted. But on the night of their scheduled execution, the warden, “hang ’em high” lawman Jesse Buchanan [the author’s father], is unsure of one prisoner’s guilt. His actions change his life forever and alter the course of capital punishment in America.
From the author’s note: “My original research into this story was for a segment for my college thesis, Men Facing Death: A Study of Capital Punishment in America (University of Louisville, 1950). It was only recently, following an upsurge of legal executions in the United States, that I decided to expand those original notes into a book.
“Much of what occurs in the narrative to follow I witnessed firsthand. The remainder is based on public accounts, trial records, private papers, and incidents that were related to me by those involved, including the three condemned men central to the story. In attempting to recreate actual events and dialogue I have used a reasonable literary licence within narrow confines of truth and credibility. Nonetheless, all scenes are recounted as closely as possible to how I witnessed them or how they were told to me.”
Format: EPUB
Length: 200 pages
Published: 2013 by New Horizon Press
ISBN-13: 9780882824581
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