LEADER 04036nam 2200613Ia 450 001 9910808037803321 005 20240417032446.0 010 $a1-4384-3180-5 010 $a1-4416-6837-3 024 7 $a10.1515/9781438431802 035 $a(CKB)2670000000041476 035 $a(OCoLC)657060172 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10574008 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000412112 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11250340 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000412112 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10366633 035 $a(PQKB)11674957 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3407147 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3407147 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10574008 035 $a(DE-B1597)683207 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781438431802 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000041476 100 $a20091008d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aArsenic and clam chowder$b[electronic resource] $emurder in gilded age New York /$fJames D. Livingston 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aAlbany $cExcelsior Editions, State University of New York Press$dc2010 215 $a1 online resource (228 p.) 225 0 $aExcelsior Editions 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a1-4384-3179-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 193-196) and index. 327 $aThe death of Evelina Bliss -- The New York world -- Mary Alice Almont of the New York Livingstons -- Promises breached -- In the tombs -- Twelve good men and true -- Opening of the people's case -- The people rest -- The defense -- Decision -- Afterwards -- Reasonable doubt and judicial murder. 330 $aArsenic and Clam Chowder recounts the sensational 1896 murder trial of Mary Alice Livingston, a member of one of the most prestigious families in New York, who was accused of murdering her own mother, Evelina Bliss. The bizarre instrument of death, an arsenic-laced pail of clam chowder, had been delivered to the victim by her ten-year-old granddaughter, and Livingston was arrested in her mourning clothes immediately after attending her mother's funeral. In addition to being the mother of four out-of-wedlock children, the last born in prison while she was awaiting trial, Livingston faced the possibility of being the first woman to be executed in New York's new-fangled electric chair, and all these lurid details made her arrest and trial the central focus of an all-out circulation war then underway between Joseph Pulitzer's World and Randolph Hearst's Journal.The story is set against the electric backdrop of Gilded Age Manhattan. The arrival of skyscrapers, automobiles, motion pictures, and other modern marvels in the 1890s was transforming urban life with breathtaking speed, just as the battles of reformers against vice, police corruption, and Tammany Hall were transforming the city's political life. The aspiring politician Teddy Roosevelt, the prolific inventor Thomas Edison, bon vivant Diamond Jim Brady, and his companion Lillian Russell were among Gotham's larger-than-life personalities, and they all played cameo roles in the dramatic story of Mary Alice Livingston and her arsenic-laced clam chowder. In addition to telling a ripping good story, the book addresses a number of social and legal issues, among them capital punishment, equal rights for women, societal sexual standards, inheritance laws in regard to murder, gender bias of juries, and the meaning of "beyond a reasonable doubt." 606 $aMurder$zNew York (State)$zNew York$vCase studies 606 $aMurder$zNew York (State)$zNew York$xHistory$y19th century 607 $aNew York (N.Y.)$xSocial life and customs$y19th century 615 0$aMurder 615 0$aMurder$xHistory 676 $a364.152/6092 700 $aLivingston$b James D.$f1930-$01656166 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910808037803321 996 $aArsenic and clam chowder$94008876 997 $aUNINA