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Money to Burn: The True Story of the Benson Family Murders

Michael Mewshaw

In Money To Burn, Michael Mewshaw tells the story of tobacco heiress Margaret Benson and two of her children in 1985 who were victims of a car bombing.

A year after the bombings, Margaret's surviving son was sentenced to life imprisonment for the murders. Mewshaw tells the story of what may have been a travesty of justice resulting in the conviction of an innocent man.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Touchstone Books
  • Publish Date: Feb 25th, 2001
  • Pages: 432
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 9.15in - 5.94in - 1.01in - 1.37lb
  • EAN: 9780743222365
  • Categories: Murder - GeneralCriminal Law - Sentencing

About the Author

Mewshaw, Michael: - Michael Mewshaw is an author of numerous fiction and nonfiction books. He frequently works as a travel writer, investigative reporter, book reviewer, and tennis reporter. He was a professor of creative writing at University of Massachusetts at Amherst and the Director of Creative Writing at the University of Texas at Austin.