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The Hanging of Ephraim Wheeler

- A Story of Rape, Incest, and Justice in Early America

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In 1806 thousands descended on Lenox, Massachusetts, for the hanging of Ephraim Wheeler, condemned for the rape of his 13-year-old daughter, Betsy. Using the trial report to reconstruct the crime and drawing on Wheeler's jailhouse autobiography to unravel his troubled family history, the authors illuminate a rarely seen slice of early America.

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  • Språk:
  • Engelsk
  • ISBN:
  • 9780674017603
  • Bindende:
  • Paperback
  • Sider:
  • 408
  • Utgitt:
  • 30. april 2005
  • Dimensjoner:
  • 130x202x24 mm.
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In 1806 thousands descended on Lenox, Massachusetts, for the hanging of Ephraim Wheeler, condemned for the rape of his 13-year-old daughter, Betsy. Using the trial report to reconstruct the crime and drawing on Wheeler's jailhouse autobiography to unravel his troubled family history, the authors illuminate a rarely seen slice of early America.

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