Author: George WilkesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Acquittals
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
The Lives of Helen Jewett, and Richard P. Robinson
Author: George WilkesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Acquittals
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
The Lives of Helen Jewett and Richard P. Robinson ....
Author: George WilkesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
The Murder of Helen Jewett
Author: Patricia Cline CohenPublisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 0679740759
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
In 1836, the murder of a young prostitute made headlines in New York City and around the country, inaugurating a sex-and-death sensationalism in news reporting that haunts us today. Patricia Cline Cohen goes behind these first lurid accounts to reconstruct the story of the mysterious victim, Helen Jewett. From her beginnings as a servant girl in Maine, Helen Jewett refashioned herself, using four successive aliases, into a highly paid courtesan. She invented life stories for herself that helped her build a sympathetic clientele among New York City's elite, and she further captivated her customers through her seductive letters, which mixed elements of traditional feminine demureness with sexual boldness. But she was to meet her match--and her nemesis--in a youth called Richard Robinson. He was one of an unprecedented number of young men who flooded into America's burgeoning cities in the 1830s to satisfy the new business society's seemingly infinite need for clerks. The son of an established Connecticut family, he was intense, arrogant, and given to posturing. He became Helen Jewett's lover in a tempestuous affair and ten months later was arrested for her murder. He stood trial in a five-day courtroom drama that ended with his acquittal amid the cheers of hundreds of fellow clerks and other spectators. With no conviction for murder, nor closure of any sort, the case continued to tantalize the public, even though Richard Robinson disappeared from view. Through the Erie Canal, down the Ohio and the Mississippi, and by way of New Orleans, he reached the wilds of Texas and a new life under a new name. Through her meticulous and ingenious research, Patricia Cline Cohen traces his life there and the many twists and turns of the lingering mystery of the murder. Her stunning portrayals of Helen Jewett, Robinson, and their raffish, colorful nineteenth-century world make vivid a frenetic city life and sexual morality whose complexities, contradictions, and concerns resonate with those of our own time.
A Sketch of the Life of R. P. Robinson, the alleged murderer of Helen Jewett; containing copious extracts from his Journal
Author: Richard P. ROBINSONPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 20
Book Description
Kaptajn og Malermester C. A. Bruuns og Hustrus, Johanne Christines, Legat til Rejsestipendier for flittige og agtværdige Haandværkere og Industridrivende
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Life and Conversations of R. P. Robinson, the supposed murderer of Ellen Jewett, with an account of his trial
Author: Richard P. ROBINSONPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Pictorial Life and Adventures of Helen Jewett and Richard P. Robinson
Author: Helen JewettPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Murder
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
The Murder of Helen Jewett
Author: Patricia Cline CohenPublisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0679740759
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 514
Book Description
In 1836, the murder of a young prostitute made headlines in New York City and around the country, inaugurating a sex-and-death sensationalism in news reporting that haunts us today. Patricia Cline Cohen goes behind these first lurid accounts to reconstruct the story of the mysterious victim, Helen Jewett. From her beginnings as a servant girl in Maine, Helen Jewett refashioned herself, using four successive aliases, into a highly paid courtesan. She invented life stories for herself that helped her build a sympathetic clientele among New York City's elite, and she further captivated her customers through her seductive letters, which mixed elements of traditional feminine demureness with sexual boldness. But she was to meet her match--and her nemesis--in a youth called Richard Robinson. He was one of an unprecedented number of young men who flooded into America's burgeoning cities in the 1830s to satisfy the new business society's seemingly infinite need for clerks. The son of an established Connecticut family, he was intense, arrogant, and given to posturing. He became Helen Jewett's lover in a tempestuous affair and ten months later was arrested for her murder. He stood trial in a five-day courtroom drama that ended with his acquittal amid the cheers of hundreds of fellow clerks and other spectators. With no conviction for murder, nor closure of any sort, the case continued to tantalize the public, even though Richard Robinson disappeared from view. Through the Erie Canal, down the Ohio and the Mississippi, and by way of New Orleans, he reached the wilds of Texas and a new life under a new name. Through her meticulous and ingenious research, Patricia Cline Cohen traces his life there and the many twists and turns of the lingering mystery of the murder. Her stunning portrayals of Helen Jewett, Robinson, and their raffish, colorful nineteenth-century world make vivid a frenetic city life and sexual morality whose complexities, contradictions, and concerns resonate with those of our own time.
A Sketch of the Life of Francis P. Robinson, the Alleged Murderer of Helen Jewett
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ISBN:
Category : Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
The Social History of Crime and Punishment in America
Author: Wilbur R. MillerPublisher: SAGE Publications
ISBN: 1412988780
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 2657
Book Description
Several encyclopedias overview the contemporary system of criminal justice in America, but full understanding of current social problems and contemporary strategies to deal with them can come only with clear appreciation of the historical underpinnings of those problems. Thus, this five-volume work surveys the history and philosophy of crime, punishment, and criminal justice institutions in America from colonial times to the present. It covers the whole of the criminal justice system, from crimes, law enforcement and policing, to courts, corrections and human services. Among other things, this encyclopedia: explicates philosophical foundations underpinning our system of justice; charts changing patterns in criminal activity and subsequent effects on legal responses; identifies major periods in the development of our system of criminal justice; and explores in the first four volumes - supplemented by a fifth volume containing annotated primary documents - evolving debates and conflicts on how best to address issues of crime and punishment. Its signed entries in the first four volumes--supplemented by a fifth volume containing annotated primary documents--provide the historical context for students to better understand contemporary criminological debates and the contemporary shape of the U.S. system of law and justice.
