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Poison widows : a true story of witchcraft, arsenic, and murder / George Cooper.
LIBRA - Rare HV6534.P5 C66 1999 Mathews copy
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Van Pelt Library HV6534.P5 C66 1999
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cooper, George, 1937- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Alexander, Raymond Pace, 1898-1974.
- Alexander, Raymond Pace.
- Bolber, Morris, -1954.
- Bolber, Morris.
- Petrillo, Herman, -1941.
- Petrillo, Herman.
- Petrillo, Paul, -1939.
- Petrillo, Paul.
- Murder--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Case studies.
- Murder.
- Life insurance--Corrupt practices--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Case studies.
- Life insurance.
- Homicide--history.
- Arsenic Poisoning--history.
- Insurance, Life--statistics & numerical data.
- Life insurance--Corrupt practices.
- Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
- Medical Subjects:
- Homicide--history.
- Arsenic Poisoning--history.
- Insurance, Life--statistics & numerical data.
- Genre:
- Case studies.
- Penn Provenance:
- Mathews, Harry, 1930-2017 (inscription) (Mathews copy)
- Chaix,Marie, 1942- (inscription) (Mathews copy)
- Cooper, George, 1937- (autograph, Noel 1999) (Mathews copy)
- Physical Description:
- xiii pages, 1 unnumbered page, 287 pages, 1 unnumbered page, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : St. Martin's Press, 1999.
- Summary:
- This book describes a world where the evil eye could bring ruin upon a family, where malevolent spirits stalked the living, and where the only relief lay in the fattuchiere, the witch doctors of the Old Country. It tells the story of self-proclaimed sorcerer, Louie "The Rabbi" Bolber, who claimed he could cure cancer with a magic butter knife given to him by a Chinese witch; Paul Petrillo, who discoered that the Rabbi's love potion, while useless as an agent of romance, was quite a handy and seemingly untracerable poison, and the dozens of "poison widows" who sent theri husbands to an excruciatingly painful death.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Lipman Criminology Library Fund.
- Kislak Center Harry Mathews Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Harry Mathews.
- Mathews Collection copy has inscription: "For Harry and Marie with love, George Cooper, Noel 1999"
- Mathews Collection copy has dust jacket.
- ISBN:
- 0312199473
- 9780312199470
- OCLC:
- 40397704
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