The Resource The murder of Helen Jewett : the life and death of a prostitute in nineteenth-century New York, Patricia Cline Cohen
The murder of Helen Jewett : the life and death of a prostitute in nineteenth-century New York, Patricia Cline Cohen
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- Summary
- 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. From her beginnings as a servant girl in Maine, Helen 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 ten months later was arrested for her murder. He stood trial in a five-day courtroom drama that ended with his acquittal amid the cheers of hundreds of fellow clerks and other spectators. With no conviction for murder, nor closure of any sort, the case continued to tantalize the public, even though Richard Robinson disappeared into the wilds of Texas and a new life under a new name. Through her meticulous and ingenious research, Patricia Cline Cohen traces his life there and the many twists and turns of the lingering mystery of the murder
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st ed
- Extent
- viii, 432 pages
- Isbn
- 9780679412915
- Label
- The murder of Helen Jewett : the life and death of a prostitute in nineteenth-century New York
- Title
- The murder of Helen Jewett
- Title remainder
- the life and death of a prostitute in nineteenth-century New York
- Statement of responsibility
- Patricia Cline Cohen
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 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. From her beginnings as a servant girl in Maine, Helen 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 ten months later was arrested for her murder. He stood trial in a five-day courtroom drama that ended with his acquittal amid the cheers of hundreds of fellow clerks and other spectators. With no conviction for murder, nor closure of any sort, the case continued to tantalize the public, even though Richard Robinson disappeared into the wilds of Texas and a new life under a new name. Through her meticulous and ingenious research, Patricia Cline Cohen traces his life there and the many twists and turns of the lingering mystery of the murder
- Biography type
- individual biography
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Cohen, Patricia Cline
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- HQ146.N7
- LC item number
- C65 1998
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Jewett, Helen
- Prostitutes
- Prostitution
- Murder
- United States
- Label
- The murder of Helen Jewett : the life and death of a prostitute in nineteenth-century New York, Patricia Cline Cohen
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 38527934
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- 1st ed
- Extent
- viii, 432 pages
- Isbn
- 9780679412915
- Lccn
- 98014561
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, map
- Label
- The murder of Helen Jewett : the life and death of a prostitute in nineteenth-century New York, Patricia Cline Cohen
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 38527934
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- 1st ed
- Extent
- viii, 432 pages
- Isbn
- 9780679412915
- Lccn
- 98014561
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, map
Subject
- Murder -- New York (State) | New York -- History -- 19th century
- Prostitutes -- New York (State) | New York -- Biography
- Prostitution -- New York (State) | New York -- History -- 19th century
- Jewett, Helen, 1813-1836
- United States -- Moral conditions | History
- United States -- Moral conditions
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