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Carnival of Blood presents the often disturbing history of changes in homicidal tendencies in South Carolina over four formative decades on the cusp of our modern era. In his investigation into murder and death in the Palmetto State, John Hammond Moore identifies three specific trends that emerged during the period from 1880 to 1920--the demise of dueling, the rise and fal
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Hardcover, 250 pages
Published
May 24th 2006
by University of South Carolina Press
(first published May 2006)
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