The Murder of Helen Jewett The Life and Death of a Prostitute in Nineteenth-Century New York by Cohen, Patricia Cline - 1998

New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1998. Hard cover. 4. Very good in very good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 433 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. very good pages are clean and crisp..

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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1998. 1998, 432pp, illus., slight shelfwear to cover, gift note to ffep, price-clipped dj, slight rubbing & edgewear to dj, contents clean.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good -/Very Good -.

Knopf, 1998-08-10. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 7x1x9. Minor shelf wear to binding. Light wear & soiling on edges of text block. Text and images unmarked. Dj lightly shelf worn with scuffs, creases & small tears repaired with clear tape. Dust jacket in a mylar cover.

Knopf. 1st printing,1998. Very Good+/Very Good+ hard cover. 8vo,boards,432pp,illus. edgewear,rubbing,scratches,dust jacket. slight shelfwear cover. clean,tight,text. true crime.

New York. 1998. Knopf. 1st Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0679412913. 435 pages. hardcover. Jacket design by Barbara de Wilde. keywords: New York History Women Murder Crime. FROM THE PUBLISHER - This evocative account goes beyond the sensationalized news stories surrounding the murder of a young prostitute in 1836 New York City, In 1836, thise murder made headlines in New York City and around the country, inaugurating a sex-and-death sensationalism in news reporting that haunts us today. Patricia Cline Cohen goes behind these first lurid accounts to reconstruct the story of the mysterious victim, Helen Jewett. From her beginnings as a servant girl in Maine, Jewett refashioned herself, using four successive aliases, into a highly paid courtesan. But she was to meet her match - and her nemesis - in a youth called Richard Robinson. He became Helen Jewett's lover in a tempestuous affair and 10 months later was arrested for her murder. He stood trial in a five-day courtroom drama that ended with his… Read More

Alfred A. Knopf, 1998. First edition. 1st printing.. Hard cover. Very good in very good dust jacket. Private library sticker residue at spine base. Book top edge has soil spot or small spill.. 1 Black and Gray paper over boards. 433 p. Grayscale 19th century illustrations. Audience: General/trade. Hailed as well-researched, this ia a true account of the courtroom drama that followed the 1836 murder of a well-established prostitute in New York. The sensationalist headlines, the seductive letters by the victim, the ex-lover defendent's clerical peers cheering in the courtroom, the moralistic political speeches, these are the societal patterns we see today.