The witch of New York : the trials of Polly Bodine and the cursed birth of tabloid justice
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Published
New York, NY : Pegasus Crime, 2024.
Format
Book
ISBN
9781639363919, 9781639363919
Physical Desc
xx, 315 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 24 cm
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Keller Public Library - Nonfiction
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Subjects
LC Subjects
Bodine, Polly -- Trials, litigation, etc.
Infanticide -- New York (State) -- New York -- 19th century.
Murder -- New York (State) -- New York -- 19th century.
Tabloid newspapers -- New York (State) -- New York -- 19th century.
Trials (Arson) -- New York (State) -- 19th century.
Trials (Murder) -- New York (State) -- New York -- 19th century.
Trials (Murder) -- New York (State) -- Richmond County -- 19th century.
True crime stories.
Infanticide -- New York (State) -- New York -- 19th century.
Murder -- New York (State) -- New York -- 19th century.
Tabloid newspapers -- New York (State) -- New York -- 19th century.
Trials (Arson) -- New York (State) -- 19th century.
Trials (Murder) -- New York (State) -- New York -- 19th century.
Trials (Murder) -- New York (State) -- Richmond County -- 19th century.
True crime stories.
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Published
New York, NY : Pegasus Crime, 2024.
Language
English
ISBN
9781639363919, 9781639363919
Notes
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"Before the sensational cases of Amanda Knox and Casey Anthony--before even Lizzie Borden--there was Polly Bodine, the first American woman put on trial for capital murder in our nation's debut media circus. On Christmas night, December 25, 1843, in a serene village on Staten Island, shocked neighbors discovered the burnt remains of twenty-four-year-old mother Emeline Houseman and her infant daughter, Ann Eliza. In a perverse nativity, someone bludgeoned to death a mother and child in their home--and then covered up the crime with hellfire. When an ambitious district attorney charges Polly Bodine (Emelin's sister-in-law) with a double homicide, the new "penny press" explodes. Polly is a perfect media villain: she's a separated wife who drinks gin, commits adultery, and has had multiple abortions. Between June 1844 and April 1846, the nation was enthralled by her three trials--in Staten Island, Manhattan, and Newburgh--for the "Christmas murders." After Polly's legal dream team entered the fray, the press and the public debated not only her guilt, but her character and fate as a fallen woman in society. Public opinion split into different camps over her case. Edgar Allen Poe and Walt Whitman covered her case as young newsmen. P. T. Barnum made a circus out of it. James Fenimore Cooper's last novel was inspired by her trials" --,provided by publisher
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Hortis, C. A. (2024). The witch of New York: the trials of Polly Bodine and the cursed birth of tabloid justice . Pegasus Crime.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Hortis, C. Alexander, 1972-. 2024. The Witch of New York: The Trials of Polly Bodine and the Cursed Birth of Tabloid Justice. New York, NY: Pegasus Crime.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Hortis, C. Alexander, 1972-. The Witch of New York: The Trials of Polly Bodine and the Cursed Birth of Tabloid Justice New York, NY: Pegasus Crime, 2024.
Harvard Citation (style guide)Hortis, C. A. (2024). The witch of new york: the trials of polly bodine and the cursed birth of tabloid justice. New York, NY: Pegasus Crime.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Hortis, C. Alexander. The Witch of New York: The Trials of Polly Bodine and the Cursed Birth of Tabloid Justice Pegasus Crime, 2024.
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