Nutcracker

Money, Madness, Murder A Family Album

by Shana Alexander

ISBN: 0385192681
ISBN-13: 9780385192682
Format: Hardcover

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Bibliographic Details

Publisher: Bantam Dell Pub Group
Published date: 1985

Publisher's Notes

Chronicles the murder of self-made Mormon millionaire Franklin Bradshaw by his grandson, who was persuaded to commit the crime by his culture-obsessed mother, Frances Schreuder, who feared losing her inheritance.

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Hardcover - Bantam Dell Pub Group (1985) - from $1.00
Paperback Reissue - Bantam Books (1991) - from $1.00

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