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Title:
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THE HANGING OF EPHRAIM WHEELER
A STORY OF RAPE, INCEST, AND JUSTICE IN EARLY AMERICA |
By: |
Irene Quenzler Brown, Richard D. Brown |
Format: |
Paperback |

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£26.95 |
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£21.02 |
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ISBN 10: |
0674017609 |
ISBN 13: |
9780674017603 |
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Publisher: |
HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS |
Pub. date: |
30 April, 2005 |
Pages: |
408 |
Description: |
In 1806 a crowd of thousands descended upon Lenox, Massachusetts, for the public hanging of Ephraim Wheeler, condemned for the rape of his thirteen-year-old daughter, Betsy. No one had been executed for rape in Massachusetts in more than a quarter century. |
Synopsis: |
In 1806 a crowd of thousands descended upon Lenox, Massachusetts, for the public hanging of Ephraim Wheeler, condemned for the rape of his thirteen-year-old daughter, Betsy. No one had been executed for rape in Massachusetts in more than a quarter century. Over one hundred local citizens petitioned for Wheeler's pardon - including, most remarkably, Betsy and her mother. |
Illustrations: |
16 halftones, 1 map |
Publication: |
US |
Imprint: |
The Belknap Press |
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