Author: Joseph P. Conroy
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Priests
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
A Mill Town Pastor
Author: Joseph P. Conroy
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Priests
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Priests
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
Murder in a Mill Town
Author: Bruce Dorsey
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0197633110
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 385
Book Description
A master storyteller presents a riveting drama of America's first "crime of the century"--from murder investigation to a church sex scandal to celebrity trial--and its aftermath. 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 irresistible: sexually charged violence, adultery, the hypocrisy of a church leader, secrecy and mystery, and suspicions of insanity. Murder in a Mill Town tells the story of how a local crime quickly turned into a national scandal that became America's first "trial of the century." After her death--after she became the country's most notorious "factory girl"--Cornell's choices about work, survival, and personal freedom became enmeshed in stories that Americans told themselves about their new world of industry and women's labor and the power of religion in the early republic. Writers penned seduction tales, true-crime narratives, detective stories, political screeds, songs, poems, and melodramatic plays about the lurid scandal. As trial witnesses, ordinary people gave testimony that revealed rapidly changing times. As the controversy of Cornell's murder spread beyond the courtroom, the public eagerly devoured narratives of moral deviance, abortion, suicide, mobs, "fake news," and conspiracy politics. Long after the jury's verdict, the nation refused to let the scandal go. A meticulously reconstructed historical whodunit, Murder in a Mill Town exposes the troublesome workings of criminal justice in the young democracy and the rise of a sensational popular culture.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0197633110
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 385
Book Description
A master storyteller presents a riveting drama of America's first "crime of the century"--from murder investigation to a church sex scandal to celebrity trial--and its aftermath. 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 irresistible: sexually charged violence, adultery, the hypocrisy of a church leader, secrecy and mystery, and suspicions of insanity. Murder in a Mill Town tells the story of how a local crime quickly turned into a national scandal that became America's first "trial of the century." After her death--after she became the country's most notorious "factory girl"--Cornell's choices about work, survival, and personal freedom became enmeshed in stories that Americans told themselves about their new world of industry and women's labor and the power of religion in the early republic. Writers penned seduction tales, true-crime narratives, detective stories, political screeds, songs, poems, and melodramatic plays about the lurid scandal. As trial witnesses, ordinary people gave testimony that revealed rapidly changing times. As the controversy of Cornell's murder spread beyond the courtroom, the public eagerly devoured narratives of moral deviance, abortion, suicide, mobs, "fake news," and conspiracy politics. Long after the jury's verdict, the nation refused to let the scandal go. A meticulously reconstructed historical whodunit, Murder in a Mill Town exposes the troublesome workings of criminal justice in the young democracy and the rise of a sensational popular culture.
Mingo Junction
Author: Larry Smith
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738583402
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Mingo Junction, a working-class town in the upper Ohio River Valley, has a rich mix of ethnicities and races with a history going back to the Mingo Indians, including visits from George Washington in the 1770s. Early settlement came as the coal mining industry flourished, followed by iron and steel foundries and accompanying railroads and river barge traffic. Mingo's chief industry is its steel mill, first Carnegie Steel Mill, then Wheeling-Pitt Steel Mill for over 100 years. The town's deep character is etched in its work, social, cultural, and natural landscapes. This is seen in its schools, churches, businesses and industry, daily life, active social organizations, and its famous figures: Jake Strott and George Kakasic of the 1930s Pittsburgh Steelers (Pirates); Joe Fortunato of the Chicago Bears; coach Woody Hayes; Spud Hughes, inventor of menthol cigarettes; and Bill (Lil Squirt) Albaugh, spokesperson for Squirt soda. Renowned singing groups include The Antones, The Stereos, Buddy Sharp and the Shakers, The Mingo Men, and Bob Parissi of Wild Cherry. Among major movies filmed in the town are Reckless, Hearts of Steel, and 1978 Academy Award winner The Deer Hunter.
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738583402
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Mingo Junction, a working-class town in the upper Ohio River Valley, has a rich mix of ethnicities and races with a history going back to the Mingo Indians, including visits from George Washington in the 1770s. Early settlement came as the coal mining industry flourished, followed by iron and steel foundries and accompanying railroads and river barge traffic. Mingo's chief industry is its steel mill, first Carnegie Steel Mill, then Wheeling-Pitt Steel Mill for over 100 years. The town's deep character is etched in its work, social, cultural, and natural landscapes. This is seen in its schools, churches, businesses and industry, daily life, active social organizations, and its famous figures: Jake Strott and George Kakasic of the 1930s Pittsburgh Steelers (Pirates); Joe Fortunato of the Chicago Bears; coach Woody Hayes; Spud Hughes, inventor of menthol cigarettes; and Bill (Lil Squirt) Albaugh, spokesperson for Squirt soda. Renowned singing groups include The Antones, The Stereos, Buddy Sharp and the Shakers, The Mingo Men, and Bob Parissi of Wild Cherry. Among major movies filmed in the town are Reckless, Hearts of Steel, and 1978 Academy Award winner The Deer Hunter.
A Cotton Mill Town Christmas
Author: Jerry L. Haynes
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595401244
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595401244
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
The Pittsburgh Survey: Homestead; the households of a mill town, by Margaret F. Byington. 1910
Author: Paul Underwood Kellogg
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Pittsburgh (Pa.)
Languages : en
Pages : 414
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Pittsburgh (Pa.)
Languages : en
Pages : 414
Book Description
The Salesianum
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
The Ecclesiastical Review
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 708
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 708
Book Description
The Month
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Christianity
Languages : en
Pages : 592
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Christianity
Languages : en
Pages : 592
Book Description
The Irish Ecclesiastical Record
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 768
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 768
Book Description
Library Record
Author: Free Public Library of Jersey City
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Catalogs, Classified (Dewey decimal)
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Catalogs, Classified (Dewey decimal)
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description