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Murder on the mountain : crime, passion, and punishment in Gilded Age New Jersey /

"Murder on the Mountain tells the story of Margaret Meierhofer, the last woman executed by the State of New Jersey, who was hung - along with a farmhand drifter named Frank Lammens -- in Newark at the Essex County Jail in January 1881 for murdering her husband John. In September 1879, a Dutch i...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Wosh, Peter J. (Autor), Schall, Patricia L. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2022]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • 1. The Gallows
  • 2. Communities
  • 3. Murder
  • 4. Trial
  • 5. Prison
  • 6 Memory
  • Notes
  • Index