The Hanging of Ephraim Wheeler A Story of Rape, Incest, and Justice in Early America |
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Author:
| Brown, Irene Quenzler Brown, Richard D. |
ISBN: | 978-0-674-01760-3 |
Publication Date: | Apr 2005 |
Publisher: | Harvard University Press
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Imprint: | Belknap Press |
Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $32.00 |
Book Description:
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In 1806 thousands descended on Lenox, Massachusetts, for the hanging of Ephraim Wheeler, condemned for the rape of his 13-year-old daughter, Betsy. Using the trial report to reconstruct the crime and drawing on Wheeler's jailhouse autobiography to unravel his troubled family history, the authors illuminate a rarely seen slice of early America.
In 1806 thousands descended on Lenox, Massachusetts, for the hanging of Ephraim Wheeler, condemned for the rape of his 13-year-old daughter, Betsy. Using the trial report to reconstruct the crime and drawing on Wheeler's jailhouse autobiography to unravel his troubled family history, the authors illuminate a rarely seen slice of early America.