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

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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..

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 1998. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

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Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Knopf, August 1998. Hardcover. Used - Good/Good.

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 -.

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