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The hanging of Ephraim Wheeler : a story of rape, incest, and justice in early America /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Brown, Irene Quenzler
Other Authors: Brown, Richard D.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2003.
Subjects:
Wheeler, Ephraim.
Rape > Massachusetts > Berkshire County > History > 19th century > Case studies.
Incest > Massachusetts > Berkshire County > History > 19th century > Case studies.
Hanging > Massachusetts > Lenox > History > 19th century > Case studies.
Dysfunctional families > Massachusetts > Berkshire County > History > 19th century > Case studies.
Interracial marriage > Massachusetts > Berkshire County > History > 19th century > Case studies.
Capital punishment > Massachusetts > Berkshire County > History > 19th century > Case studies.
Berkshire County (Mass.) > Social conditions > 19th century.
Berkshire County (Mass.) > Social conditions > 18th century.
Description
Physical Description:388 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 22 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-365) and index.
ISBN:0674010205 (alk. paper)