They Hanged My Saintly Billy: The Life and Death of Dr. William Palmer

They Hanged My Saintly Billy

The Life and Death of Dr. William Palmer

1957 • 316 pages

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Graves recounts the life of William Palmer: surgeon, racehorse owner, a confessed forger who got girls into trouble, doped horses, robbed a few people . . . but was he a poisoner? Based on an actual trial that took place in 1856, this novel is told through interviews with Palmer's friends and enemies. This book has humor, social significance and passion.

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