Blood & ivy : the 1849 murder that scandalized Harvard /: the 1849 murder that scandalized Harvard. ([2018])

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Blood and ivy
• Further Information: Note: Paul Collins.
• Authors: Collins, Paul, 1969-
• 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.
• Publisher Details: New York, N.Y : W.W. Norton & Company, Inc
• Publication Date: 2018
• Copyright Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource (xix, 347 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 364.152/3092; Murder -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Case studies; Medical jurisprudence -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Murder; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General; Massachusetts -- Boston; Case studies; History; True crime stories; Nonfiction; Electronic books; History -- 19th century; History -- 19th century
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780393245158; 0393245152
• Related ISBNs: 9780393245165; 0393245160
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-335) and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.