| Description |
1 online resource (385 p.) |
| Contents |
Cover -- Murder in a Mill Town -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Prologue: Before the Curtain Rises -- Act I: Murder -- 1. The Haystack -- 2. A Troubled Marriage -- 3. Native Sons -- 4. Useful in This World -- 5. Factory Girl -- 6. A Methodist Family -- 7. Moving Planet -- 8. Circuit Rider -- 9. Moral Police -- 10. Fornication and Lying -- 11. "If I Am Missing" -- 12. Manhunt -- Act II: Trial -- 13. Courtroom Tales -- 14. Clove Hitch -- 15. Doctors, Women, and Bodies -- 16. Experts -- 17. Doctor Visits -- 18. Sex Talk -- 19. Bad Stories |
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20. Passion and Self-​Murder -- 21. "Most Extraordinary of All Extraordinary Cases" -- 22. Closing Arguments -- Act III: Scandal -- 23. Mobs and More Murders -- 24. Conspiracies -- 25. Vindication -- 26. Fake News -- 27. Stage and Song -- 28. Camp Meetings -- 29. Seduction -- Epilogue: After the Curtain Falls -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index |
| Summary |
History as true crime, Murder in a Mill Town tells a story of sex, religion, and violence, delving into the nation's first ""trial of the century."" Illuminating how the young American nation confronted sexual violence, abortion, suicides, mobs, ""fake news,"" conspiracy politics, and sensational popular culture, its plots and twists echo from the past into the present |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
| Subject |
Cornell, Sarah Maria, 1802-1832.
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Avery, Ephraim K., 1799-1869.
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Murder -- Rhode Island -- Case studies
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Clergy -- Sexual behavior -- Rhode Island -- Case studies
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Women textile workers -- Massachusetts -- Case studies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780197633113 |
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0197633110 |
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