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The Belle of Bedford Avenue : the Sensational Brooks-Burns Murder in Turn-of-the-Century New York.
In 1902, 20-year-old Walter Brooks, the scion of an affluent Brooklyn family, was murdered in a seedy Manhattan hotel. The subsequent trial of Florence Burns, the young woman accused of the murder, made front-page news across the country and shocked New York society. This true crime tale sheds new l...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Ashland :
The Kent State University Press,
2019.
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| Colección: | True Crime History.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Intro; Halftitle Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Dramatis Personae; 1. Murder at Ground Zero; 2. The Bedford Avenue Gang; 3. Florence Burns and Walter Brooks; 4. Walter Brooks's Last Week; 5. Arrest; 6. Florence and the Tombs Angel; 7. The Unwritten Law; 8. Florence in Jail and a City Obsessed; 9. The Court of Special Sessions; 10. The Verdict and an Intermission; 11. The Inquest; 12. Florence's New Life; 13. The Badger Game; 14. Arrest, Trial, and the Law of Unintended Consequences; 15. Lessons Not Learned; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography