Murder on Old Mission - Softcover

Stephen Lewis

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ISBN 10: 0966531698 ISBN 13: 9780966531695

Publisher: Arbutus Press, 2005

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In the summer of 1895, Woodruff Parmelee, son of a well-to-do farmer on Old Mission Peninsula, was tried for the murder of Julia Curtis, his pregnant girlfriend. On the day of the vertict, a large menacing crowd gathered in and around the courthouse demanding that justice be done. Parmelee's defense rested on his alibi. He claimed that he was clearing brush for a new road leading to the Peninsula's west bay off the shore of Lake Michigan while the body was found miles away on the east bay. At trial, Louis Parmelee, Woodruff's fifteen-year-old son, testified to support his father. These are the bare facts from which Lewis weaves his fictional version of this compelling true crime.

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FACT: In the summer of 1895, Woodruff Parmelee, the son of a well-to-do farmer on Old Mission Peninsula, was tried for the murder of Julia Curtis, his pregnant girlfriend. Parmelee's defense rested on his alibi supported by the testimony from his fifteen year old son.FICTION: These are the bare facts from which Lewis weaves his fictional version of this compelling story. His novel focuses on the son's dilemma. What is he himself was in love with the victim?

About the Author:

Born and raised in Brooklyn, Stephen Lewis now lives in northern Michigan in a century old farmhouse. He is Professor Emeritus at Suffolk County Community College, Long Island, New York, where he taught for thirty-five years. Murder On Old Mission is his sixth novel.

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