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The Fall of the House of Walworth: A Tale of Madness and Murder in Gilded Age America (John MacRae Books) Hardcover - 2010

by O'Brien, Geoffrey


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In the tradition of "The Devil in the White City" comes a spell-binding tale of madness and murder in a nineteenth century American dynasty

On June 3, 1873, a portly, fashionably dressed, middle-aged man calls the Sturtevant House and asks to see the tenant on the second floor. The bellman goes up and presents the visitor's card to the guest in room 267, returns promptly, and escorts the visitor upstairs. Before the bellman even reaches the lobby, four shots are fired in rapid succession.

Eighteen-year-old Frank Walworth descends the staircase and approaches the hotel clerk. He calmly inquires the location of the nearest police precinct and adds, "I have killed my father in my room, and I am going to surrender myself to the police."

So begins the fall of the Walworths, a Saratoga family that rose to prominence as part of the splendor of New York's aristocracy. In a single generation that appearance of stability and firm moral direction would be altered beyond recognition, replaced by the greed, corruption, and madness that had been festering in the family for decades.

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  • Title The Fall of the House of Walworth: A Tale of Madness and Murder in Gilded Age America (John MacRae Books)
  • Author O'Brien, Geoffrey
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First edition
  • Pages 352
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Henry Holt and Co., New York
  • Date 2010-07
  • ISBN 9780805081152

About the author

Geoffrey O'Brien is a poet, editor, and cultural historian. He is editor in chief for the Library of America. His other nonfiction books include "Hardboiled America," "Dreamtime," "The Times Square Story," "Red Sky Cafe," and "Sonata for Jukebox." He lives in New York City.

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