Peter J Wosh, Patricia L Schall

Murder on the Mountain

Crime, Passion, and Punishment in Gilded Age New Jersey

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Produktbeschreibung

Charged with murdering her husband in 1879, Margaret Meierhofer became the last woman executed by the state of New Jersey. Murder on the Mountain  considers all sides of this fascinating and mysterious true crime story, investigating how the case’s sensational details about domestic violence and female sexuality gripped the nation.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rutgers University Press
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. April 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 431g
• ISBN-13: 9781978829145
• ISBN-10: 1978829140
• Artikelnr.: 63335239

Autorenporträt

PETER J. WOSH directed the graduate education program in archives and public history at New York University from 1994 until his retirement in 2016.  He previously served as archivist at both Seton Hall University in South Orange, New Jersey and the American Bible Society in New York. His many books include Covenant House: Journey of a Faith-Based Charity.    PATRICIA L. SCHALL (1945-2020) was a professor at Saint Elizabeth University in Morristown, New Jersey from 1992 to 2016, where she held many leadership positions, including head of the education department. Author of Protecting the Right to Teach and Learn, she was also a former president of the New Jersey Council of Teachers of English.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter One: The Gallows
Chapter Two: Communities
Chapter Three: Murder
Chapter Four: Trial
Chapter Five: Jail
Chapter Six: Aftermath