Umfang:
1 Online-Ressource (xi, 295 pages, [16] pages of plates)
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illustrations
Ausgabe:
Online-Ausg.
ISBN:
0803211414
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0803206925
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1280823798
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9780803211414
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9780803206922
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9781280823794
Serie:
Women in the west
Inhalt:
"Crack shot." "Enigma woman." "Good with ponies and pistols." "A much-married woman." What if such an unconventional woman - and the press unanimously agreed that Nellie May Madison was indeed unconventional - were to get away with murder? Shortly after her husband's bullet-riddled body was found in the couple's Burbank apartment, police issued an all-points bulletin for the "beautiful, dark-haired widow." The ensuing drama unfolded with all the strange twists and turns of a noir crime novel. In this intriguing cultural history, Kathleen A. Cairns tells the true tale of the first woman sentenced to death in California, Nellie May Madison. Her story offers a glimpse into law and disorder in 1930s Los Angeles while bringing to life a remarkable character whose plight reflects on the status of woman, the workings of the media and the judiciary system, and the stratification of society in her time.; An intriguing cultural history, Cairns' re-creation of the case from murder to trial to aftermath casts an eye forward to our own love-hate affair with celebrity crimes and our abiding ambivalence about domestic violence abuse as a defense for murder
Inhalt:
A girl from Montana -- Midnight alibi -- Outlaw woman -- Enigma Woman -- The ultimate penalty -- The people v. Nellie Madison -- The defense -- Lady Macbeth -- The verdict -- A condemned woman -- An abused woman -- The reprieve -- Life in prison -- A traditional woman
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-288) and index
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English
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780803211414
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Cairns, Kathleen A., 1946- Enigma woman Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2007
Sprache:
Englisch
Schlagwort(e):
Biography
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