Kansas Charley
The Story of a 19th-Century Boy Murderer
by Joan Jacobs Brumberg
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Most Americans regard “kids who kill” as a modern phenomenon, but the tragic tale of “Kansas Charley” shows that violent boys are a long-standing problem. Charles Miller was a seventeen–year–old orphan who was hanged in Wyoming in 1892 for a horrific double murder committed when he was only fifteen. This true story takes us into a world of poverty and abuse, revealing the people and places that shaped Charley’s behavior, his crime and his punishment. The author brings to life a thought–provoking chapter in the history of the juvenile justice system.
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True Crime, Case studies, Murderers, Biography, Juvenile homicide, Criminals, united states, Criminals, biographyPeople
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Kansas Charley: The Boy Murderer
August 31, 2004, Penguin (Non-Classics)
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Kansas Charley: The Story of a 19th-Century Boy Murderer
September 25, 2003, Viking Adult
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Kansas Charley: the story of a Nineteenth-Century boy murderer
2003, Viking
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"On the NIGHT before he died, Charley Miller knew that he could count on Sheriff Kelley to bring him as many fresh doughnuts as he wanted."
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"On the NIGHT before he died, Charley Miller knew that he could count on Sheriff Kelley to bring him as many fresh doughnuts as he wanted."
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