Study Guide: The Man Who Killed Fortescue

This study guide is designed to aid educators or reading groups to use The Man Who Killed Fortescue to more vividly portray the history of the United States during the late 1920's. The Man Who Killed Fortescue takes place in New York City in 1925, before the great stock market crash of October 1929 triggered the Great Depression. This guide highlights topics for discussion and research in American History; including Social History, Forensic History, and a study of the Golden Age of Mystery Writers. I've also included a list of vocabulary words for the high school student. Questions can be used for general discussion, or as prompts for historical research and brief or extensive essays on different aspects of the social or political history of the 1920's.