In Cold Blood

The Kansas Center for the Book's 2008 title is Truman Capote's In Cold Blood. Published in 1966, the book tells the now famous story of the brutal killings of the Western Kansas Clutter family and their murderers. Our current library display features news articles from the time of the murders (1956) as well as information about the book, which brought in a new way to write nonfiction, sometimes called "The New Journalism." Capote was consumed by this story, as captured in the recent film Capote.

Find out more about the One State, One Book project at: http://skyways.lib.ks.us/orgs/kcfb/incoldblood.htm