Free Download Susan Branson, "Dangerous to Know: Women, Crime, and Notoriety in the Early Republic"
English | 2011 | ISBN: 0812221877, 081224088X | EPUB | pages: 200 | 1.8 mb
In 1823, the History of the Celebrated Mrs. Ann Carson rattled Philadelphia society and became one of the most scandalous, and eagerly read, memoirs of the age. This tale of a woman who tried to rescue her lover from the gallows and attempted to kidnap the governor of Pennsylvania tantalized its audience with illicit love, betrayal, and murder.