Bibliograph

Blood & ivy, the 1849 murder that scandalized Harvard, Paul Collins

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Blood & ivy, the 1849 murder that scandalized Harvard, Paul Collins

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-335) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Blood & ivy

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1005106031

Responsibility statement

Paul Collins

Sub title

the 1849 murder that scandalized Harvard

Summary

Traces the scandalous murder of a Harvard Medical School graduate and the ensuing trial that riveted mid-nineteenth-century America, exploring how the case established important precedents in medical forensics and the definition of reasonable doubt

Table Of Contents

I. Scenes of the crime -- The way into Harvard -- On pins and crowbars -- The skeleton box -- The great world goes clanging on -- II. The victim -- A bad business -- A gentleman unknown -- The yellow envelope -- Some aberration of mind -- III. The suspect -- Thanksgiving by the fire -- The final reward -- Wickedness takes eleven -- "I shal be kiled" -- IV. The accused -- Pistols drawn -- A ruined man -- Old Grimes is dead -- A lifetime of uprightness -- V. The trial -- In the dead house -- Good men and true -- The catalog of bones -- Mesmeric revelation -- VI. The verdict -- Twelve men in Massachusetts -- Law manufactured for the occasion -- A man in error -- Closing hours

Target audience

adult

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Blood and ivy

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