On Sunday, February 17, Terri "Nye" Hurley, daughter of deceased K.B.I. agent Harold Nye, shared with a group of 85 how Truman Capote, "In Cold Blood" and the case in general impacted her father and her family at the time of the murders and for the next 48 years.
Among those present were the daughter of Logan Sanford, K.B.I. director at the time of the murders; the mortician who prepared the bodies for burial; reporter for the Garden City paper, Mr. Howell, who shared facts and thoughts about the people of that area at the time of the executions; current and retired K.B.I. agents and many friends and relatives of the Clutter family.
Terri Hurley is the Director of Public Relations at the Great Bend Public Library.
- Kansas Center for the Book
- Kansas Reads! ...an annual statewide reading project sponsored by the Kansas Center for the Book! Selected by a committee of experienced & qualified librarians, this year's title was chosen for its broad-based appeal that could encourage & sustain spirited discussion.
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In Cold Blood is Capote's crowning achievement and in my opinion the greatest book ever written. Yes, it is THAT good. Truman spent nine years writing it and created over 12,000 pages of typed notes from his investigation and research on the crime. He became quite close to Perry Smith (the movie “Infamous” suggests that theirs was a sexual relationship but I've never read anything to substantiate that claim).
If you are at all interested in Truman Capote, aside from reading more of his books and short stories, Gerald Clarke wrote a wonderful biography about Truman, which I highly recommend.
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