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“So death, the most terrifying of ills, is nothing to us, since so long as we exist, death is not with us; but when death comes, then we do not exist.—Epicurus”
― David Bushman, Murder at Teal's Pond: Hazel Drew and the Mystery That Inspired Twin Peaks

“So death, the most terrifying of ills, is nothing to us, since so long as we exist, death is not with us; but when death comes, then we do not exist. —Epicurus”
― David Bushman, Murder at Teal's Pond: Hazel Drew and the Mystery That Inspired Twin Peaks

“During the so-called partisan press era, or party press era, news editors collected patronage from political parties, either directly or in the form of government printing contracts, in exchange for championing that party’s candidates and principles—without ever directly informing readers of their bias.”
― David Bushman, Murder at Teal's Pond: Hazel Drew and the Mystery That Inspired Twin Peaks

“What they’ve produced here is a meticulous reconstruction of a sensational, forgotten crime, the investigation that followed, and its aftermath on the Capital region—over a century later—all rendered as gripping and immediate as an episode of Law and Order: SVU. It is also a relentless search for answers and justice, not only for Hazel Drew but for all the women who continue to fall victim to this monstrous plague of violence. It is, we now know, a crime as old as time. I think of her whenever I pass Teal’s Pond. The ripples this murder created in that still water have continued to radiate around the world for a hundred years. For all of our Hazels and Susans and Lauras, this book is a monument of remembrance to their lost and stolen lives. Mark Frost, cocreator of Twin Peaks”
― David Bushman, Murder at Teal's Pond: Hazel Drew and the Mystery That Inspired Twin Peaks

“The Wonders of the Invisible World,”
― David Bushman, Murder at Teal's Pond: Hazel Drew and the Mystery That Inspired Twin Peaks

“In 1900, Kramrath had earned modest fame locally, as one of just four people in Albany to own an automobile. Two years later he was one of fifteen motorists to set out on a driving expedition for Petersburg, New York, about twenty-eight miles away; just four of them made it to their destination, Kramrath among them. In celebration they feasted at the home of the mother of Kramrath’s good friend Chauncey D. Hakes, a prominent motorist and charter member of the Albany Automobile Club who fraternized with Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, Harvey S. Firestone, and James R. Watt, who would be Albany’s Republican mayor from 1918 to 1921.”
― David Bushman, Murder at Teal's Pond: Hazel Drew and the Mystery That Inspired Twin Peaks