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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
A tale of great wealth and possible malfeasance,
By Kevin Killian (San Francisco, CA United States) - See all my reviews (HALL OF FAME REVIEWER) (TOP 1000 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)
This review is from: The Mysterious Death of Jane Stanford (Hardcover)
True crime aficionados will enjoy reading this book, and it will also appeal to graduates of Stanford University and those interested in turn of the century Honolulu, where the putative murder took place. It's an interesting locale, situated at the juncture of violated native sovereignty and a new, tourism-based economy.The author is dry to the extreme, and again and again nobly resists the opportunity to speculate (i.e., fictionalize) the details of his complex story. He makes it clear whom he suspects, and it's a terrible story indeed. And to think that for a hundred years Jane Stanford has been commonly thought of as dying by accident. Accident--no~-far from it--this was cold blooded murder! A classic case of who-done-it and who covered it up. |
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The Mysterious Death of Jane Stanford by Robert W. P. Cutler (Hardcover - July 11, 2003)
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