{"product_id":"devils-right-hand-m-william-phelps-9780762763795","title":"Devil's Right Hand: The Tragic Story of the Colt Family Curse","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe epic story of a great American dynasty, beset by scandal, tragedy, and a dark curse\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Devil's Rooming House \u003c\/i\u003eand the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003eBestseller \u003ci\u003eNathan Hale: The Life and Death of America's First Spy \u003c\/i\u003ecomes the horrific legacy of death and destruction in the gunmaking Colt family during the nineteenth century, a legacy largely remembered for a lurid murder case that inspired Edgar Allan Poe's story \"The Oblong Box\"--but one that encompassed so much more. . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eM. William Phelps reveals an unfathomable pattern surrounding repeating arms inventor Samuel Colt--from the death of all the Colt children, including Sam's sea captain son's mysterious demise aboard his yacht, to the eccentric and pious life of Sam Colt's widow. But the tip of this iceberg was the 1841-42 murder case of John C. Colt, one of New York's most sensational scandals. Printer Samuel Adams went to collect a debt from bookkeeper and author John Colt and was never seen alive again. Shocking revelations followed: Did John shoot Adams with one of his brother's Colt firearms before hacking him up and packing him in an oblong box? Did Sam Colt invent the revolving pistol, or steal the idea?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart historical true-crime, part family biography and cultural history, \u003ci\u003eThe Devil's Right Hand \u003c\/i\u003eis a stirring narrative about a darkly cursed American dynasty.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e M. William Phelps\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0762763795\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780762763795\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Lyons Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/06\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.23lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 5.80w x 1.20d","brand":"M. William Phelps","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44074482270463,"sku":"9780762763795","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d491c52a-8037-40b8-a158-d5b159aab2af.jpg?v=1685453997","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/devils-right-hand-m-william-phelps-9780762763795","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}