River Valley Farm, near Holcomb, Kansas
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River Valley Farm, near Holcomb, Kansas, is the prosperous and isolated wheat farm made famous as the setting of the Clutter family murders in Truman Capote’s nonfiction novel "In Cold Blood."
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| River Valley Farm | 0 |
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
farm
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fictionalized location ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Bonnie Clutter
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Herbert Clutter NERFINISHED ⓘ Kenyon Clutter NERFINISHED ⓘ Nancy Clutter NERFINISHED ⓘ Perry Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard Hickock NERFINISHED ⓘ Truman Capote NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| depictedIn |
"In Cold Blood" (1966 book)
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film adaptations of "In Cold Blood" ⓘ |
| describedAs |
isolated
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prosperous ⓘ |
| genreContext | true crime literature ⓘ |
| hasReputation |
symbol of rural Midwestern prosperity
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symbol of vulnerability of rural life ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | iconic setting in American nonfiction ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Finney County, Kansas
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near Holcomb, Kansas ⓘ |
| madeFamousBy |
Truman Capote’s book "In Cold Blood"
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the Clutter family murders NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEvent | murder of the Clutter family ⓘ |
| primaryUse | wheat farming ⓘ |
| settingOf | "In Cold Blood" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfNotableEvent | 1959 ⓘ |
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