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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452258803321

Autore

Chardavoyne David G

Titolo

A hanging in Detroit [[electronic resource] ] : Stephen Gifford Simmons and the last execution under Michigan law / / David G. Chardavoyne

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Detroit, : Wayne State University Press, c2003

ISBN

0-8143-3739-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (259 p.)

Collana

Great Lakes books

Disciplina

364.66/09774/34

Soggetti

Hanging - Michigan - Detroit - History

Capital punishment - Michigan - Detroit - History

Electronic books.

Detroit (Mich.) History

Detroit (Mich.) Social conditions

Detroit (Mich.) Politics and government

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-227) and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Preface""; ""Chapter 1 Introduction""; ""Chapter 2 A Son of the Revolution""; ""Chapter 3 A Country That Will Suit Your Mind""; ""Chapter 4 A Crime at Which Human Nature Shudders""; ""Chapter 5 The Bench and Bar of the Michigan Territory""; ""Chapter 6 Trial and Sentence""; ""Chapter 7 Preparing for the Last Drop""; ""Chapter 8 The Day of Execution""; ""Chapter 9 The Abolition of Capital Punishment""; ""Chapter 10 Afterword""; ""Appendix a""; ""Appendix b""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index"";