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The Cape Cod Murder of 1899: Edwin Ray Snow's Punishment & Redemption (True Crime) Kindle Edition

by Theresa Mitchell Barbo (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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The story of a teenage thief who became a killer—and how prison transformed him—in turn-of-the-century New England.
 
On a crisp September evening in 1899, a seventeen-year-old petty thief named Edwin Ray Snow shot and killed a bakery deliveryman named Jimmy Whittemore outside Yarmouth, Massachusetts. The gunshots rang out for only a moment, but the effects resounded on Cape Cod for half a century.
 
The idyllic atmosphere of turn-of-the-century Cape Cod was shattered in a flash. Soon after the crime, Snow pleaded guilty to murder in the first degree, and was the first person ever to be sentenced to death by electric chair in the state’s history. But his compelling story didn’t end there, and his redemption—earned through decades of hard time—was as dramatic and uplifting as his crime was heinous.
 
Drawing upon town records, historical documents, correspondence and newspapers of the day, The Cape Cod Murder of 1899 recreates the towns of Dennis and Yarmouth at the turn of the century and examines the details of a murder that shook Cape Cod to its core.

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Journalist and maritime author Theresa Mitchell Barbo is the founder and director of the annual Cape Cod Maritime History Symposium, now in partnership with the Cape Cod Museum of Natural History. Theresa is a noted lecturer on Cape Cod cultural heritage and maritime history before community organizations and at educational institutions. She holds BA and MA degrees from the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth and has studied executive integral leadership at the Mendoza College of Business at the University of Notre Dame. Theresa lives in Yarmouth Port, Cape Cod, with her husband, Daniel, daughter Katherine and son Thomas.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00XQR2EIK
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ The History Press (August 4, 2011)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ August 4, 2011
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 4692 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 152 pages
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    3.6 3.6 out of 5 stars 9 ratings

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3.6 out of 5 stars
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Brother T.
5.0 out of 5 stars Nice read. A story of horror and redemption.
Reviewed in the United States on September 29, 2021
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Having grown up in the Dennis-Yarmouth area, I was surprised to discover this story. I thought I knew what there was to know. Alas, there is always more to learn from the places you love. A story of horror and redemption, that can fill a relaxing weekend or for bedtime reading. My seller Nick's Shelves was also very helpful with my selection.
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chad ramos
1.0 out of 5 stars Ok book to pass time by
Reviewed in the United States on September 7, 2020
Not bad of a short story. Would I recommend this book? Only to pass time by. Few chapters kept repeating itself. It's not one of those books that grabbed my attention
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Richard P Swierat
5.0 out of 5 stars Great read - great history
Reviewed in the United States on October 19, 2018
Great historical narrative of the story of an unwilling or unwitting killer, life on Cape Cod in the early 20th century and a look into the criminal justice system as it evolves in Mass.
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