01297cam a2200277 4500 1163986914 TxAuBib 20111231120000.0 110721s2012||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2011028046 9780762763795 alk. paper 0762763795 alk. paper DLC DLC TxAuBib Phelps, M. William. The devil's right hand : the tragic story of the Colt family curse / M. William Phelps. Guilford, Conn : Lyons Press, 2012. xix, 315 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. From the author who brought the shocking true story that inspired "Arsenic and Old Lace" comes the horrific legacy of death and destruction in the gun-making Colt family during the 19th century, a legacy largely remembered for a lurid murder case that inspired Edgar Allan Poe's story "The Oblong Box" but encompassed so much more. 20111231. Colt, John Caldwell 1810-1842. Colt, Samuel 1814-1862. Murder New York (State) New York. Inventors United States Biography. TXKIP