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The town of Holcomb was thrust into national and, eventually, international notoriety after November 15, 1959, when four members of the prominent Clutter family (father Herbert, 48; his wife Bonnie, 45; their youngest daughter, Nancy, 16; and son Kenyon, 15) were found bound and shot to death in various rooms of their home, on the family's River Valley Farm on the outskirts of Holcomb.
On the evening of November 14, 1959, Hickock and Smith drove more than 400 miles (640 km) across the state of Kansas, heading for the Clutter residence to execute their plan. In the early morning hours of November 15, the pair arrived in Holcomb, located the Clutter home, and entered through an unlocked door while the family slept. Upon rousing ...
Charles Plymell (born April 26, 1935, in Holcomb, Kansas) is a poet, novelist, and small press publisher.Plymell has been published widely, collaborated with, and published many poets, writers, and artists, including principals of the Beat Generation.
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Perry Edward Smith (October 27, 1928 – April 14, 1965) was one of two career criminals convicted of murdering the four members of the Clutter family in Holcomb, Kansas, United States, on November 15, 1959, a crime that was made famous by Truman Capote in his 1966 non-fiction novel In Cold Blood.
Despite his late start, he was a frequent contributor to magazines and anthologies and eventually published fifty-seven volumes of poetry. James Dickey called Stafford one of those poets "who pour out rivers of ink, all on good poems." [8] He kept a daily journal for 50 years, and composed nearly 22,000 poems, of which roughly 3,000 were ...
A small family cemetery along the Oregon Trail where Louis Vieux ran a river crossing. [6] Oak Hill Cemetery: Lawrence: Douglas: Quantrill raid victims, Langston Hughes' grandparents, and many war veterans; once called by William Allen White the "Kansas Arlington" [7] Simerwell Cemetery: Near Auburn: Shawnee
In Cold Blood is a non-fiction novel [1] by the American author Truman Capote, first published in 1966.It details the 1959 Clutter family murders in the small farming community of Holcomb, Kansas.