Chapter

7. “A Butcher at the Stockyard Killing Sheep”

Published by

View more publications by Harvard University Press

To Publisher Page

First in Violence, Deepest in Dirt

This chapter is in the book First in Violence, Deepest in Dirt

You are currently not able to access this content.

You are currently not able to access this content.

Chapters in this book

Frontmatter i
Contents vii
Introduction 1
1. “So You Refuse to Drink with Me, Do You?” 6
2. “I Loved My Wife So I Killed Her” 45
3. “He Got What He Deserved” 85
4. “If Ever That Black Dog Crosses the Threshold of My House, I Will Kill Him” 120
5. “The Dead Man’s Hand” 159
6. “A Good Place to Drown Babies” 200
7. “A Butcher at the Stockyard Killing Sheep” 236
Conclusion 272
Appendix: Methodology 279
Notes 285
Acknowledgments 359
Index 363

https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674020085-007

Chapters in this book

Frontmatter i
Contents vii
Introduction 1
1. “So You Refuse to Drink with Me, Do You?” 6
2. “I Loved My Wife So I Killed Her” 45
3. “He Got What He Deserved” 85
4. “If Ever That Black Dog Crosses the Threshold of My House, I Will Kill Him” 120
5. “The Dead Man’s Hand” 159
6. “A Good Place to Drown Babies” 200
7. “A Butcher at the Stockyard Killing Sheep” 236
Conclusion 272
Appendix: Methodology 279
Notes 285
Acknowledgments 359
Index 363

Institutional Access

How does access work?

Downloaded on 22.9.2025 from https://www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/10.4159/9780674020085-007/html