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In Cold Blood: Summary

Book Information:
Author : Capote, Truman



Title : In Cold Blood



Publisher : Random House
Original Publication Date : 1965

Book Outline:

In a small town in Kansas a family of four were murdered for no apparent reason.
The murderers ran for a few years and finally they were caught, tried, and
accused for murder. In 1965 they were hung for the crime.

In the story a family was killed for no reason. This well respected farming
family had no enemies, and no quarrels. Although they were wealthy, Mr. Clutter
never kept cash in the house. The whole region and eventually the country was
shocked by the randomness and brutality of the act, in much the same way it was
by the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing. The two men in which didn't even know the
Clutter family went into their house and shot all four of them.

There were two main characters. Dick is the first one that I will talk about.
Dick was 33 years old and he did not have the best character. Dick was one who
helped participate in the killing of the Clutter fa...

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Submitted by: 123student
Date Submitted: 01-30-03 2:46pm
Category: Law
Words: 1327
Pages: 5.31