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A suspense filled tale of murder on the American frontier-shedding new light on a family of serial killers in Kansas, whose horrifying crimes gripped the attention of a nation still reeling from war.'A carefully researched and horribly compelling examination of unimaginable evil intruding upon everyday life' The ObserverIn 1873 the people of Labette County, Kansas made a grisly discovery. Buried by a trailside cabin beneath an orchard of young apple trees were the remains of countless bodies. Below the cabin itself was a cellar stained with blood. The Benders, the family of four who once resided on the property were nowhere to be found. The discovery sent the local community and national newspapers into a frenzy that continued for decades, sparking an epic manhunt for the Benders. The idea that a family of seemingly respectable homesteaders-one among the thousands relocating farther west in search of land and opportunity after the Civil War-were capable of operating "a human slaughter pen" appalled and fascinated the nation. But who the Benders really were, why they committed such a vicious killing spree and whether justice ever caught up to them is a mystery that remains unsolved to this day. Set against the backdrop of postbellum America, Hell's Half-Acre explores the environment capable of allowing such horrors to take place. Drawing on extensive original archival material, Susan Jonusas introduces us to a fascinating cast of characters, many of whom have been previously missing from the story. Among them are the families of the victims, the hapless detectives who lost the trail, and the fugitives that helped the murderers escape. Hell's Half-Acre is a journey into the turbulent heart of nineteenth century America, a place where modernity stalks across the landscape, violently displacing existing populations and building new ones. It is a world where folklore can quickly become fact and an entire family of criminals can slip through a community's fingers, only to reappear in the most unexpected of places."Dark and bloody, hard-nosed but lyrical, Hell's Half-Acre is a true-crime mass-murder mystery from the Old West. Susan Jonusas has stripped down a notorious story, researched it to hell and back, and rebuilt in prose so immediate and immersive that it feels like she must have been there. Beware the Benders, but all hail Susan Jonusas. This is a stunning debut from a great and powerful new voice in narrative non-fiction." Dan Jones, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Templars, The Plantagenets and Blood and Thrones

In this unapologetic and sharp-witted perspective about the evolving Black experience in Canada and around the world, a rhythmic fusion of spoken word, satire, and soulful dialect emerges steady as a heartbeat through a journey of raw truths and deep-rooted questions.

Intro -- Title Page -- Dedication -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: We're Looking at the World Upside Down -- Chapter 2: The Hidden African Civilizations -- Chapter 3: The Richest Man in History -- Chapter 4: A Chosen Land and a Chosen People -- Chapter 5: They Came before Columbus -- Chapter 6: The Queen Called King -- Chapter 7: The Birth of a Nation -- Chapter 8: L'Ouverture and the Taking of Saint-Domingue -- Chapter 9: The Great Escape of Ona Judge -- Chapter 10: Haiti and El Libertador's Great Betrayal -- Chapter 11: The First Black President -- Chapter 12: Frederick Douglass: Wrestling with the Master -- Chapter 13: The African Alliance That Almost Was -- Chapter 14: Maroon Communities in the United States -- Chapter 15: Maroon Communities in the African Diaspora -- Chapter 16: No New Babies -- Chapter 17: Revolts of the Enslaved in the United States -- Chapter 18: Revolts of the Enslaved throughout the Diaspora -- Chapter 19: White Wars and Black Lives -- Chapter 20: The Seminole Wars and the Legend of John Horse -- Chapter 21: Great Escapes during the Antebellum -- Chapter 22: Passing: Another Kind of Resistance -- Chapter 23: The Disasters of Chiriquí and Île à Vache -- Chapter 24: The Battle of Pine Swamp at Timbuctoo -- Chapter 25: Harriet Tubman: The Greatest American Who Ever Was -- Chapter 26: The Real Independence Day -- Chapter 27: Giving Credit Where Credit Is Due -- Chapter 28: The Origin and Purpose of Black History Month -- Chapter 29: Black Freedom, White Anger, and a Red Summer -- Chapter 30: What Will the Neighbors Think? -- Chapter 31: A Negro with a Gun -- Chapter 32: Negroes with Guns -- Chapter 33: The King's Speech -- Chapter 34: From Civil Rights to Human Rights -- Chapter 35: Black Panthers Around the World -- Chapter 36: How the Kids Got Free Breakfast -- Chapter 37: Rosa the Revolutionary.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Frontispiece -- Original Title Page -- Original Copyright Page -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Subject and Setting -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- List of Tables -- Chapter 1 The Background of the Study -- Chapter 2 Housing Problems and High Flats in Glasgow -- Chapter 3 Method of the Study -- Chapter 4 General Information About the Housing Studied -- Chapter 5 Physical Character of the Flats: Tenants' Views -- Chapter 6 Physical Character of the Estates: Tenants' Views -- Chapter 7 The Services and Facilities at Three Estates -- Chapter 8 The Older Tenants -- Chapter 9 Families with Children -- Chapter 10 Other Types of Household -- Chapter 11 High Flats and Social Contacts -- Chapter 12 The Case for Investment in Staff -- Chapter 13 Conclusions -- Appendices: -- A: Basic Information on Examples of Multi-Storey Housing Visited in Areas Other Than Glasgow. 1968 -- B: Number of and Reasons for Tenants' Movement Out of 5 Estates -- C: Graffiti -- D: Facilities Within 1/2 Mile Radius of Estate -- E: A Note on Lift Waiting Times and Failures -- F: Tenants' Associations and Kindred Bodies -- 1 An Analysis of 13 Tenants' Associations -- 2 Cranhill Tenants' Association. Statement of Income and Expenditure -- 3 Scotstoun House Social Club. Application Form -- G: Extra-Mural Course, New Homes and New Neighbours -- H: Tables -- J: The Jeely Piece Song (Courtesy of Scotia Kinnaird).

Europe against Revolution seeks to uncover the roots of historically-informed ideas of Europe and of European history, while underlining the fundamental differences between the writings of the older counter-revolutionary Europeanists and their self-appointed successors and detractors in the twenty-first century.

Meeting the Challenge of the Commons: An Emerging Field of Common Core Research -- Property Meeting the Challenge of the Commons in Belgium -- Property Meeting the Challenge of the Commons in Canada -- Property Meeting the Challenge of the Commons in Croatia -- Property Meeting the Challenge of the Commons in Germany -- Meeting the Challenge of the Commons in Italy -- Property Meeting the Challenge of the Commons in The Netherlands -- La Propriété Face aux Défis des biens Communs au Québec -- Property Meeting the Challenges of the Commons in Russia -- Property Meeting the Challenge of the Commons in Slovakia -- Property Meeting the Challenges of the Commons in South Africa -- Property Meeting the Challenge of the Commons in Spain -- Property Meeting the Challenge of the Commons in Sweden -- Property Meeting the Challenge of the Commons in the United States.

Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Traditional elements in the Chinese Legal System -- Chapter 3. International Law as a pioneer in the Chinese domestic juridical system. Chapter 4. The Evolution of the Chinese Legal System: Building a "Rule of Law" with Chinese Characteristics. Chapter 5. Building a Community of Shared Future for Mankind: legal internal elements and international vocations -- Chapter 6 -- Building a Community of Shared Future for Mankind in International Law through the Chinese International Relations Theories -- Chapter 7. A new Symbiotic global order -- Some final remarks: Symbols and Signs. .