| Fall River Outrage: Life, Murder, and Justice in Early Industrial New England Contributor(s): Kasserman, David Richard (Author) |
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ISBN: 0812212223 ISBN-13: 9780812212228 Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press OUR PRICE: $28.45 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 1986 Annotation: Recounts one of the most sensational and widely reported murder cases--a minister charged with the death by hanging of a pregnant mill worker--in nineteenth-century America. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Law | Legal History |
| Dewey: 345.730 |
| LCCN: 85026454 |
| Lexile Measure: 1430 |
| Physical Information: 0.73" H x 6.08" W x 9.08" (0.95 lbs) 296 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Cultural Region - New England |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Fall River Outrage recounts one of the most sensational and widely reported murder cases in early nineteenth-century America. When, in 1832, a pregnant mill worker was found hanged, the investigation implicated a prominent Methodist minister. Fearing adverse publicity, both the industrialists of Fall River and the New England Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church engaged in energetic campaigns to obtain a favorable verdict. It was also one of the earliest attempts by American lawyers to prove their client innocent by assassinating the moral character of the female victim. Fall River Outrage provides insight in American social, legal, and labor history as well as women's studies. |