Arsenic and clam chowder murder in gilded age New York /

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Author / Creator:	Livingston, James D., 1930-
Format:	Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:	English
Imprint:	Albany : Excelsior Editions, State University of New York Press, c2010.
Schlagworte:	Bliss, Evelina, > 1842-1895. Murder > New York (State) > New York > Case studies. Murder > New York (State) > New York > History > 19th century. New York (N.Y.) > Social life and customs > 19th century.
Online Zugang:	Available in ProQuest Ebook Central - Academic Complete.

Beschreibung
Zusammenfassung:	Recounts the sensational 1896 murder trial of Mary Alice Livingston, who was accused of murdering her mother with an arsenic-laced pail of clam chowder and faced the possibility of becoming the first woman to be executed in New York's new-fangled electric chair.
Bibliographie:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9781438431802 (online) 9781441668370 (online)
Verfasserangaben:	Born June 23, 1930, in Brooklyn, New York, James D. Livingston studied engineering physics at Cornell University and received a PhD in applied physics from Harvard University in 1956. Since retiring from General Electric after a lengthy career as a research physicist, he has been teaching in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at MIT. Although a physicist by profession, he has long had a strong interest in American history, and is the coauthor, with Sherry H. Penney, of A Very Dangerous Woman: Martha Wright and Women's Rights .

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