James Grauerholz's "The Death of Joan Vollmer Burroughs: What Really Happened?" (2023)

Germany: Moloko Print (book, biography, essay), 2023.
7.25" x 5.5" x 0.375", 154 pages, softcover, ISBN 978-3-948750-50-3.

The Death of Joan Vollmer Burroughs: What Really Happened? by James Grauerholz, as published in softcover by Moloko Print (Germany) in 2023. This is a proper publishing of James Grauerholz's scholarly dissertation published in 2002 by the American Studies Department at the University of Kansas.

This is the most thorough investigation into the events surrounding the shooting death of Burroughs' wife Joan Vollmer Burroughs in Mexico City, by Burroughs' hand. This includes multiple photographs of William and Joan Vollmer Burroughs, locations that are important to the event, and related documentation.

Contents: 

• "Dec. 5, 2003" (introduction by James Grauerholz)
• I. The Marriage of William Burroughs and Joan Vollmer, 1946-1951
• II. The Death of Joan Vollmer Burroughs
• III. The Trial of William Burroughs for the Death of His Wife
• IV. The Judgment of History
• V. Epilogue