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A death at Crooked Creek: the case of the cowboy, the cigarmaker, and the love letter
| Title | A death at Crooked Creek: the case of the cowboy, the cigarmaker, and the love letter |
| Names | Wesson, Marianne |
| Book Number | DBC17316 |
| Annotation | One winter night in 1879, at a lonely Kansas campsite near Crooked Creek, a man was shot to death. The dead man’s traveling companion identified him as John Hillmon, a cowboy from Lawrence who had been attempting to carve out a life on the blustery prairie. The case might have been soon forgotten and the apparent widow, Sallie Hillmon, left to mourn—except for the $25,000 life insurance policies Hillmon had taken out shortly before his departure. The insurance companies refused to pay on the policies, claiming that the dead man was not John Hillmon, and Sallie was forced to take them to court in a case that would reach the Supreme Court twice. The companies’ case rested on a crucial piece of evidence: a faded love letter written by a disappeared cigarmaker, declaring his intent to travel westward with a “man named Hillmon.” |
| Length | 15 hours 2 minutes |
| Title Status | Active |
| Local Subject | Adult Non-Fiction - AN |
| Kansas Interest - KAN | |
| Kansas Interest - History - KSIH | |
| Kansas Interest - Non-Fiction - KSINF | |
| Kansas Notable Book - KSNB | |
| Locally Produced - Kansas - LPDK | |
| Law and Legal Rights - LAW | |
| Medium Length Book - MD | |
| Locally Produced - LPD | |
| Language | English |
| Medium | Digital Book |
| Released | 2023 |
| Publication Info | Kansas Talking Books Emporia, Kansas 2023 |