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Adler Jeanne Winston <1946-> |
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The affair of the veiled murderess : an antebellum scandal and mystery / / Jeanne Winston Adler |
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Albany, N.Y., : Excelsior Editions/State University of New York Press, c2011 |
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1-4384-3549-5 |
1-4416-8887-0 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (327 p.) |
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Collana |
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Soggetti |
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Murder - New York (State) - Troy |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Intro -- THE AFFAIR OF THE VEILED MURDERESS -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION:TROY, NEW YORK, 1853 -- PART ONE. HENRIETTA ROBINSON -- 1. RIVER STREET -- 2. MAY 25 -- 3. THE NEW PRISONER -- PART TWO. JOHN C. MATHERBIRTH (1813)-SPRING 1853 -- 4. INTRODUCING JOHN C. MATHER -- 5. RISE -- 6. TROUBLE -- PART THREE. PRETRIALJUNE 1853-APRIL 1854 -- 7. CONTAGION -- 8. LONG HOT SUMMER INTO FALL -- 9. LIMBO TIME -- PART FOUR. TRIALMAY 1854 -- 10. DAY ONE-OFFICERS OF THE COURT -- 11. DAY TWO-THE DOCTORS -- 12. DAY THREE-THE VEIL -- 13. DAY FOUR-BOMBSHELL -- 14. DAY FIVE-SOME ANTEBELLUM LORE -- 15. DAY SIX-VERDICT -- PART FIVE. THE VEILED MURDERESS: JUNE 1854-AUGUST 1855 -- 16. SETTLED BUT NOT SETTLED -- 17. BREAKING OF THE STORM -- 18. MORE MATHER -- 19. TRENDS -- 20. CHARLOTTE WOOD -- 21. LIVELY SEASON -- 22. "ADMIRAL PAGNUM'S DAUGHTER" -- 23. ANGEL OF MERCY -- 24. DEPARTURE -- PART SIX. IRISH ANSWER: 1851 AND THE DEEPER PAST -- 25. SUSAN GAYNOR -- 26. IMMIGRANTS AND OTHERS -- PART SEVEN. LATER LIFE AND LEGEND: SEPTEMBER 1855-MAY 1905 -- 27. THE SING SING YEARS -- 28. AUBURN -- 29. CHARLOTTE DOOLITTLE NORRIS -- 30. FINALE -- PART EIGHT. CONCLUSION -- 31. WHAT REALLY HAPPENED -- APPENDIX I. THE WOOD DAUGHTERS -- APPENDIX II. THE DUKE OF KENT BUSINESS -- NOTES -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G |
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