The trial of Lizzie Borden a true story

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Summary

"The remarkable new account of an essential piece of American mythology--the trial of Lizzie Borden--based on twenty years of research and recently unearthed evidence. The Trial of Lizzie Borden tells the true story of one of the most sensational murder trials in American history. When Andrew and Abby Borden were brutally hacked to death in Fall River, Massachusetts, in August 1892, the arrest of the couple's younger daughter Lizzie turned the case into international news and her trial into a spectacle unparalleled in American history. Reporters flocked to the scene. Well-known columnists took up conspicuous seats in the courtroom. The defendant was relentlessly scrutinized for signs of guilt or innocence. Everyone--rich and poor, suffragists and social conservatives, legal scholars and laypeople--had an opinion about Lizzie Borden's guilt or innocence. Was she a cold-blooded murderess or an unjustly persecuted lady? Did she or didn't she? The popular fascination with the Borden murders and its central enigmatic character has endured for more than one hundred years. Immortalized in rhyme, told and retold in every conceivable genre, the murders have secured a place in the American pantheon of mythic horror, but one typically wrenched from its historical moment. In contrast, Cara Robertson explores the stories Lizzie Borden's culture wanted and expected to hear and how those stories influenced the debate inside and outside of the courtroom. Based on transcripts of the Borden legal proceedings, contemporary newspaper accounts, unpublished local accounts, and recently unearthed letters from Lizzie herself, The Trial of Lizzie Borden offers a window onto America in the Gilded Age, showcasing its most deeply held convictions and its most troubling social anxieties"--

Contents

Somebody will do something
An incredible crime
The web tightens
A most remarkable woman
The curtain ascends
Under fire
A signal victory
Intent, deliberation, and preparation
Short, busy, and very important
Last words in the great trial
The old place
The enduring enigma
Coda: the defense file.

Additional Information

Subjects	Borden, Lizzie, 1860-1927 Trials, litigation, etc Trials (Murder) Massachusetts New Bedford History 19th century Biography & Autobiography True Crime Sociology Nonfiction Audiobooks. 1860-1927 19th century.
Publisher	[Place of publication not identified] :Simon & Schuster Audio,2019 Simon & Schuster Audio2019
Contributors	OverDrive, Inc.
Participants/Performers	Amanda Carlin.
Language	English
System Details	Mode of access: World Wide Web. Format: OverDrive Listen Format: OverDrive MP3 Audiobook Requires OverDrive app 3.0 (Windows) / 1.0 (Mac) / 1.0 (Windows Mobile)
Description	1 audio file : digital
Bibliography Notes	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN	9781508280514 9781508280514
Other	Classic View