The Beautiful Cigar Girl - Mary Rogers, Edgar Allan Poe, and the Invention of Murder
Daniel Stashower
Dutton Adult (2006)
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#1573
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True Crime
Detective And Mystery Stories, American - History And Criticism, Murder/ New York (State)/ New York/ History/ 19th Century
Hardcover 9780525949817
English
Traces the July 1841 murder investigation into a twenty-year-old saleswoman whose demise was marked by sensational media coverage and the debut of Edgar Allen Poe, whose short stories "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" and "The Mystery of Marie Roget" associated him with the crime. By the author of Teller of Tales.
Product Details
LoC Classification PS2618.M83 .S73 2006
LoC Control Number 2006019335
Dewey 813.3
Cover Price $25.95
No. of Pages 336
Height x Width 9.0 x 6.4  inch
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