The Beautiful Cigar Girl Mary Rogers, Edgar Allan Poe, and the Invention of Murder |
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| Author:
| Stashower, Daniel |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4379-6696-1 |
| Publication Date: | May 2009 |
| Publisher: | DIANE Publishing Company
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $26.00 |
Book Description:
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On July 28, 1841, the battered body of a young woman was found floating in the Hudson River. It was soon discovered to be the lovely Mary Rogers, a 28-year-old cigar salesgirl who had gone missing three days earlier. New York City¿s disjointed police force proved unable to mount an effective investigation, and the crime remained unsolved. A year later, a struggling writer named Edgar Allan Poe decided to take on the case. Poe sent his famous detective, C. August Dupin, on the case of a...
More DescriptionOn July 28, 1841, the battered body of a young woman was found floating in the Hudson River. It was soon discovered to be the lovely Mary Rogers, a 28-year-old cigar salesgirl who had gone missing three days earlier. New York City¿s disjointed police force proved unable to mount an effective investigation, and the crime remained unsolved. A year later, a struggling writer named Edgar Allan Poe decided to take on the case. Poe sent his famous detective, C. August Dupin, on the case of a lifetime to solve the baffling murder of Mary Rogers in ¿The Mystery of Marie Roget.¿ This book deftly captures the drama and mystery of New York in the mid-19th century, illuminating the spellbinding crime that transformed a city. Illustrations.