Who Murdered Mary? - Paperback
Who Murdered Mary? - Paperback
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by Pete Geissler (Author)
Based on real events perpetrated by real people, Who Murdered Mary? is a gripping tale of shortsighted decisions, heartless animal cruelty, and needless murder of an innocent circus elephant that was aided and abetted by mob rule and officials of a prosperous railroad. The tale unfolded during three tumultuous days in September 1916 in the peaceful but ill-fated towns of Kingsport, Johnson City, and Erwin, Tennessee.Who murdered Mary? The owner and publicist of the circus for whom Mary toiled with uncanny, crowd-pleasing talent? The fearful citizens of Erwin who became vigilantes and demanded her death? The Mayors of Johnson City and Erwin who caved in to a mob? Officials of The Clinchfield Railroad? The Progressive Era? Our contemporary attitudes toward animal cruelty? Did all of them contribute to this grisly spectacle that refuses to go away?
Author Biography
Pete Geissler reluctantly admits that he has written three million words about business but only fifty thousand about animal cruelty and our needs to eliminate it. He is on course to even the score with this and other books, and with his many essays. He is convinced that kinder treatment of animals leads inevitably to kinder treatment of each other. Surely that is not too much to expect.
