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Was the Publican a Serial Killer?    by David Coombe
Price: $2.99 USD. 28320 words. Language: English. Published on March 22, 2013. Nonfiction » History » Australia & New Zealand.

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A suspicious death, a coroner’s inquest, a Supreme Court verdict of fraud and a family cut out of a last minute will. Evidence suggests that a Victorian era publican may have murdered four men at her hotel in Adelaide – two of them husbands. This is the story of Josephine, from 1863 to 1874 the publican at the Gasworks Hotel. Author David Coombe presents the circumstantial case against Josephine.
Brush Creek Chronicles: The Family of John and Elizabeth Akin    by Linda Akins Lee
Price: $3.99 USD. 161380 words. Language: English. Published on September 3, 2012. Nonfiction » History » Family history.

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This genealogy of John Akin and his wife Elizabeth “Betsy” McKinney, who settled in Green County, Kentucky, in the early 1800s, reflects the events of American history from the time of the frontier to the post-World War II era and across eight generations. Biographical sketches of John and Betsy, their parents, grandparents, and over 800 descendants present the family’s history.