A hanging in Detroit : Stephen Gifford Simmons and the last execution under Michigan law / / David G. Chardavoyne
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| Autore: |
Chardavoyne David G
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| Titolo: |
A hanging in Detroit : Stephen Gifford Simmons and the last execution under Michigan law / / David G. Chardavoyne
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| Pubblicazione: | Detroit, : Wayne State University Press, c2003 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (259 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 364.66/09774/34 |
| Soggetto topico: | Hanging - Michigan - Detroit - History |
| Capital punishment - Michigan - Detroit - History | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Detroit (Mich.) History |
| Detroit (Mich.) Social conditions | |
| Detroit (Mich.) Politics and government | |
| 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""; |
| Sommario/riassunto: | A Hanging in Detroit will fascinate legal historians and lay readers alike with its incisive look into Great Lakes regional history and crime and punishment in Michigan. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | A hanging in Detroit |
| ISBN: | 9780814337394 |
| 0814337392 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910955961303321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Great Lakes books.