The Plea: The True Story of Young Wesley Elkins and His Struggle for Redemption

by Thomas Wolf, Patricia L Bryan, Patricia L. Bryan, et al.

2023 Midwest Book Awards in Nonfiction - History, Regional, winner

On a moonlit night in 1889, Iowa farmer John Elkins and his young wife, Hattie, were brutally murdered in their bed. Eight days later, their son, eleven-year-old Wesley Elkins, was arrested and charged with murder. The community reeled with shock by both the gruesome details of the homicides and the knowledge of the accused perpetrator--a small, quiet boy weighing just...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1609388399
• ISBN13: 9781609388393
• Release Date: July 2022
• Publisher: University of Iowa Press
• Length: 212 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.4"