The beautiful cigar girl : Mary Rogers, Edgar Allan Poe, and the invention of murder / Daniel Stashower.
Daniel Stashower, the Edgar Award-winning author of the highly acclaimed Arthur Conan Doyle biography "Teller of Tales," delivers a gripping true story of murder and media mania--including the controversial involvement of Edgar Allan Poe--in 1840s New York. Halftone photos throughout
Record details
- ISBN: 052594981X
- ISBN: 9780525949817
- ISBN: 9780739483282
- Physical Description: viii, 326 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Publisher: New York : Dutton, [2006]
- Copyright: ©2006
Content descriptions
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-315) and index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- Prologue : descent into maelstrom -- 1. A gallant gay Lothario -- 2. I tremble for the consequence -- 3. Left home on Sunday -- 4. Very clever with his pen -- 5. A person of chastity -- 6. The dead house -- 7. The sable divinity of night -- 8. The committee of concerned citizens -- 9. A most notorious scoundrel -- 10. The lost hour -- 11. Crackpots and gossipists -- 12. The murder thicket -- 13. A somewhat wasted heart -- 14. A wave of crimson -- 15. A series of coincidences -- 16. A mansion built on baby skulls -- 17. The vanishing rowboat -- 18. At variance with truth -- 19. It may not be improper to record -- 20. The imp of the perverse -- Epilogue : one last wild cry.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Mountains Branch Library | M STA (Text) | 38801101126313 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Rutherford County Library | M Sta (Text) | 38801101064704 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
