September 30, 1924: Truman Capote Was Born - the Writer Who Turned Crime Into Literature

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On November 16, 1959, Truman Capote read a news story about the murder of four members of the Clutter family in Holcomb, Kansas. A few hundred words about a crime in a small farming town became the beginning of a book that changed the boundaries between journalism and literature. Capote traveled to Kansas with his childhood friend Harper Lee. The two spoke with residents, investigators, and people involved in the case. The result was In Cold Blo…