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    The True Story of The Harpes America's First Serial Killers
    The True Story of The Harpes America's First Serial Killers
    The True Story of The Harpes America's First Serial Killers
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    The True Story of The Harpes America's First Serial Killers

    By E. Don Harpe

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    Warning: This account contains graphic violence and bloodshed, and may not be for everyone. In born wolf DIE WOLF, I wrote the fictionalized account of Micajah and Wiley Harpe, two of the most ruthless murderers this country has ever seen. In this story, I bring you the true, no frills account of these two violent men who are called America's First Serial Killers

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherE. Don Harpe
    Release dateJun 25, 2011
    ISBN9781466196124
    The True Story of The Harpes America's First Serial Killers
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    E. Don Harpe

    Award winning author E. DON HARPE has had a varied career, from military service in the 60’s to years spent as a published songwriter in Nashville. During this time he won the coveted Silver Pen Award from the Nashville Banner newspaper. Since retiring from public work in 2004, Harpe has concentrated on writing novels, and continuing to move forward with his writing. He also has nearly 40 short stories available which can be found on Smashwords as well as other sites that feature ebooks. His book of memoirs, THE LAST OF THE SOUTH TOWN RINKY DINKS, published in September of 2008, was an instant success with friends and readers alike. The stories are touching, down to earth tales of small town America, and will bring tears and laughter to all who can remember when the world was a kinder, simpler place. It’s one of those books that you won’t be able to put down, and one that you will re-read many times over the years. Now living in Georgia, Harpe devotes his time to Helen, his wife of nearly 50 years, to his children, grandchildren and great grandchildren, and to his writing. “I’m pretty satisfied in my own skin right now,” Harpe says, “and I just want to continue to write things that will entertain and hold the readers interest.”

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      The True Story of The Harpes America's First Serial Killers - E. Don Harpe

      THE LAST RAMPAGE OF THE TERRIBLE HARPES

      The True Story of America’s First Serial Killers

      Copyright 2008 Ernest D. Harp

      Smashwords Edition

      Smashwords Edition License Notes

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each person you share it with. If you're reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then you should return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the author's work. This is a work of fiction, and any resemblance to any person, either living or dead, is purely coincidental.

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      THE LAST RAMPAGE OF THE TERRIBLE HARPES

      The True Story of America’s First Serial Killers

      Warning: This account contains graphic violence and bloodshed, and may not be for everyone. In born wolf DIE WOLF, I wrote the fictionalized account of Micajah and Wiley Harpe, two of the most ruthless murderers this country has ever seen. In this story, I bring you the true, no frills account of these two violent men who are called America's First Serial Killers. From 1795 - 1799, the Harpes and their three women cut a bloody path through Kentucky and Tennessee, leaving a legacy of terror that has never been equaled. In the end, their deaths were as terrible as the lives they had lived. Even today, their story lives on, a dark and bloody spot on the pages of frontier history. As you read this account, you will come to understand why the most feared words along the Wilderness Road in 1799 were: The Harpes Are Coming!

      FORWARD

      Being of reasonably sound mind, undaunted and unashamed of any part of my true heritage, I have undertaken the task of updating and retelling the story of Micajah and Wiley, known as the Harpe brothers. The Harpes were two fiendish murderers who rampaged through Tennessee, Kentucky and Illinois between 1795 and 1799, leaving behind a trail of blood such as the world seldom sees.

      In my younger days, maybe 1954 or 1955, when I first heard of Micajah and Wiley Harpe, I was curious enough to ask my father about them. I was told, in no uncertain terms, that, yes, he did indeed know the story but I did not need to know anything about it.

      They are directly tied into the history of our family, and that is all you need to know.

      A few years later, when my father’s brother visited with us from his home in south Florida, where he had lived for many years, I asked him about the Harpe brothers, and heard basically the same thing.

      Recently, while using the Internet to research the Harpes, I ran across an interesting item. I found the names of the family of a man who was the son of my grandfather’s brother. This would have made him a blood first cousin to my father. This man’s grand-daughter has researched the Harpe linage as well as any that I have found, and she had a note in one of her many postings that I found was almost identical to what my own father had told me.

      This first cousin of my fathers, living in another state and having no contact with my father or my uncle, told his granddaughter our branch of the family was truly related to the Harpe brothers, and that while he was not proud of it and did not speak of it, there was nothing he could do about it.

      With the same story being told by these three persons, I have no doubt the Harpe brothers are actually in our family history, with one or the other of them more than likely being

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