| Description |
1 online resource (175 pages) |
| Series |
True Crime History |
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True Crime History
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| Contents |
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 |
| Summary |
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 light on this now-forgotten crime |
| Notes |
Index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Trials -- New York (State) -- New York
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Murder -- Investigation -- New York (State) -- New York
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Murder -- Investigation.
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Trials.
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New York (State) -- New York.
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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True crime stories.
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True crime stories.
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Récits criminels.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781631013492 |
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1631013491 |
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9781631013508 |
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1631013505 |
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