| Lizzie Borden Contributor(s): Chaney, Karen (Author), Allison, Robert J. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1889833819 ISBN-13: 9781889833811 Publisher: Commonwealth Editions OUR PRICE: $12.82 Product Type: Paperback Published: August 2012 Annotation: Andrew Borden kept a frugal household in Fall River, Massachusetts, 1892. A tight-fisted, sometimes unscrupulous businessman, he was not the most popular man in the city. But when he and his second wife, Abby, were found brutally murdered, apparently by an axe, none of his business associates or tenants was charged with the crime. The person brought to trial was none other than Borden's daughter and Abby's stepdaughter, Lizzie. Whether Lizzie Borden in fact committed the crime and, if so, why, are questions that linger over a century later. As Chaney tells the story, Lizzie was a shy, well-bred young woman who could appear aloof and cold. Most women of the time might have been expected to scream or even swoon upon discovering the body of their father, horribly maimed. Lizzie calmly walked to the back stairs and called to a servant to go for a doctor. But was she quilty? |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - True Crime | Murder - General - History | United States - State & Local - New England (ct, Ma, Me, Nh, Ri, Vt) |
| Dewey: 364.152 |
| LCCN: 2006006031 |
| Series: New England Remembers |
| Physical Information: 0.29" H x 5.54" W x 8.48" (0.31 lbs) 92 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Geographic Orientation - Massachusetts |
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Contributor Bio(s): Allison, Robert: - Robert J. Allison chairs Suffolk University's History Department, and also teaches at the Harvard Extension School. His works include: "Before 1776: Life in the American Colonies," The Teaching Company. Great Courses (2009), And free, on-line courses: The U.S. Constitution: A Biography (http: //www.udemy.com/us-constitution/). History of Boston (live in October 2014): (http: //www.historyofboston.org) He is president of the South Boston Historical Society, vice president of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts. |