Murder in a mill town : sex, faith, and the crime that captivated a nation /

"In December 1832 a farmer found the body of a young, pregnant woman hanging near a haystack outside a New England mill town. When news spread that Methodist preacher Ephraim Avery was accused of murdering Sarah Maria Cornell, a factory worker, the case gave the public everything they found irr...

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Main Author:	Dorsey, Bruce, 1960- (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2023]
Subjects:	Cornell, Sarah Maria, > 1802-1832. Avery, Ephraim K., > 1799-1869. Avery, Ephraim K., > 1799-1869 Cornell, Sarah Maria, > 1802-1832 Murder > Rhode Island > Case studies. Clergy > Sexual behavior > Rhode Island > Case studies. Women textile workers > Massachusetts > Case studies. Meurtre > Rhode Island > Études de cas. Clergé > Sexualité > Rhode Island > Études de cas. Travailleuses du textile > Massachusetts > Études de cas. 19th Century. United States. HISTORY. Americas (North. Social History. Women. Clergy > Sexual behavior Murder Women textile workers Massachusetts Rhode Island Social services & welfare, criminology. True Crime. Electronic books. Case studies Case studies. Études de cas.
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Table of Contents:

Prologue: Before the Curtain Rises
The Haystack
A Troubled Marriage
Native Sons
Useful in this World
Factory Girl
A Methodist Family
Moving Planet
Circuit Rider
Moral Police
Fornication and Lying
"If I am missing"
Manhunt
Courtroom Tales
Clove Hitch
Doctors, Women, and Bodies
Experts
Doctor Visits
Sex Talk
Bad Stories
Passion and Self-Murder
"This most extraordinary of all cases"
Closing Arguments
Mobs and More Murders
Conspiracies
Vindication
Fake News
Stage and Song
Camp Meetings
Seduction
Epilogue: After the Curtain Falls.