Cohen, Patricia Cline

The Murder of Helen Jewett: The Life and Death of a Prostitute in Nineteenth-Century New York

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1998. First Edition. First? Printing. 25 cm, 432, illus., map, index, slight wear and soiling to DJ. From her childhood as a servant girl, Helen Jewett refashioned herself intoa highly paid courtesan in pre-Civil War New York City. Her murder made headlines, and the trial bore eerie similarities to the O. J. Simpson trial. Condition: very good, very good.

Keywords: William Attree, James G. Bennett, Brothels, Joseph Hoxie, George Marston, Richard Robinson, Police, Prostitutes

ISBN: 0679412913

[Book #33088]

Price: $33.75