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The trials of Laura Fair : sex, murder, and insanity in the Victorian West / Carole Haber.
Van Pelt Library KF223.F34 H33 2013
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Haber, Carole, 1951- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Fair, Laura D., 1837-1919--Trials, litigation, etc.
- Fair, Laura D.
- Crittenden, Alexander Parker, 1816-1870.
- Crittenden, Alexander Parker.
- Fair, Laura D., 1837-1919.
- Trials (Murder)--California--San Francisco.
- Trials (Murder).
- California--San Francisco.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 310 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2013]
- Contents:
- Introduction : Laura D. Fair and the unwritten law
- The she-devil known as Mrs. Laura D. Fair
- The case for the prosecution
- The defense responds
- The Appeal
- The Second Trial
- The Fair Lunatic
- Epilogue: The Many Faces of Laura D. Fair
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-298) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781469607580
- 1469607581
- OCLC:
- 827724317
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