The Belle of Bedford Avenue : The Sensational Brooks-Burns Murder in Turn-of-the-Century New York /

At the turn of the 20th century, many affluent Brooklyn teens and young adults were bucking the constraints of their immigrant parents and behaving badly: drinking, having sex, staying out all night, stealing, scamming local businesses, and engaging in other more serious activities. When 20-year-old...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: McConnell, Virginia A., 1942- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2019
Series:True crime history series.
Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Burns, Florence Wallace, > 1882-
Teenagers > New York (State) > New York > Case studies.
Murder > New York (State) > New York > Case studies.
New York (State) > Social life and customs > 20th century.
True crime stories.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Murder at Ground Zero
  • The Bedford Avenue gang
  • Florence Burns and Walter Brooks
  • Walter Brooks's last week
  • Arrest
  • Florence and the tombs angel
  • The unwritten law
  • Florence in jail and a city obsessed
  • The court of special sessions
  • The verdict and an intermission
  • The inquest
  • Florence's new life
  • The badger game
  • Arrest, trial, and the law of unintended consequences
  • Lessons not learned
  • Epilogue
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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