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The Murder of Helen Jewett: The Life and Death of a Prostitute in Nineteenth-Century New York
by Cohen, Patricia Cline
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0679412913
- ISBN 13
- 9780679412915
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1998. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing.. Clean hardcover first edition in unclipped dust jacket. Clean gray boards with black cloth spine, silver lettering on spine. No bumping, fading or wear. Binding is tight and square, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Black & white illustrations. 432 pages with index. Clean bright jacket is unchipped, no wear, no tears, not price clipped; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. In 1836, the murder of a young prostitute 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..
Synopsis
Patricia Cline Cohen is Professor of History and Acting Dean of the Humanities and Fine Arts at the University of California, Santa Barbara. From 1991 to 1996 she chaired the Women's Studies Program there. She is the author of A Calculating People: The Spread of Numeracy in Early America (1985) and of numerous articles and reviews, and a coauthor of The American Promise (1997). From the Hardcover edition.
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- Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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- 31163
- Title
- The Murder of Helen Jewett: The Life and Death of a Prostitute in Nineteenth-Century New York
- Author
- Cohen, Patricia Cline
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing.
- ISBN 10
- 0679412913
- ISBN 13
- 9780679412915
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1998
- Keywords
- TRUE CRIME, MURDER, NEW YORK CITY, NINETEENTH CENTURY HISTORY, PATRICIA CLINE COHEN, FIRST EDITION, HELEN JEWETT, CITY PROSTITUTES, PROSTITUTION
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mystery/Crime; true crime;
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