The affair of the veiled murderess : an antebellum scandal and mystery / / Jeanne Winston Adler
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| Autore: |
Adler Jeanne Winston <1946->
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| Titolo: |
The affair of the veiled murderess : an antebellum scandal and mystery / / Jeanne Winston Adler
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| Pubblicazione: | Albany, N.Y., : Excelsior Editions/State University of New York Press, c2011 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (327 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 364.152/3092 |
| Soggetto topico: | Murder - New York (State) - Troy |
| Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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 -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | An account of a mysterious murder committed in nineteenth-century Troy, New York, and the sensational trial that ensued. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The affair of the veiled murderess |
| ISBN: | 1-4384-3549-5 |
| 1-4416-8887-0 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9911099200003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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