The Hanging of Ephraim Wheeler: A Story of Rape, Incest, and Justice in Early America - Couverture rigide

Brown, Irene Quenzler; Brown, Richard D.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0674010205 ISBN 13 : 9780674010208

Editeur : Harvard University Press, 2003

Synopsis

In 1806 a crowd of thousands descended upon Lenox, Massachusetts, for the public hanging of Ephraim Wheeler, condemned for the rape of his thirteen-year-old daughter, Betsy. No one had been executed for rape in Massachusetts in more than a quarter century. Over one hundred local citizens petitioned for Wheeler's pardon - including, most remarkably, Betsy and her mother.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

IRENE QUENZLER BROWN, a historian, is Associate Professor of Family Studies, University of Connecticut. RICHARD D. BROWN is Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor of History, University of Connecticut, and Director, University of Connecticut Humanities Institute.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Harvard University Press
• Date d'édition: 2003
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0674010205
• ISBN 13: 9780674010208
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 432
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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