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The Adventuress. Murder, Blackmail, and Confidence Games in the Gilded Age.
Virginia A. McConnell
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Description for The Adventuress. Murder, Blackmail, and Confidence Games in the Gilded Age.
Tells the tale of a nineteenth-century black widow. This book deals with story of Minnie Walkup, a young woman from New Orleans who began her life of crime when she was only sixteen years old. It details her remarkable life and criminal activities. Series: True Crime History. Num Pages: 264 pages, illustrations, bibliography, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBSL; 3JH; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 562.
This book tells the engaging tale of a nineteenth-century black widow. Intrigue, deception, bribery, poison, murder - all play a central role in the story of Minnie Walkup, a young woman from New Orleans who began her life of crime when she was only sixteen years old. Born in 1869 to Elizabeth and James Wallace, Minnie was a natural beauty and attended convent school where she learned social graces and how to play the piano. After the divorce of her parents, she was raised in multiple boardinghouses owned by her mother, and at one of them, met her first husband, ... Read more
This book tells the engaging tale of a nineteenth-century black widow. Intrigue, deception, bribery, poison, murder - all play a central role in the story of Minnie Walkup, a young woman from New Orleans who began her life of crime when she was only sixteen years old. Born in 1869 to Elizabeth and James Wallace, Minnie was a natural beauty and attended convent school where she learned social graces and how to play the piano. After the divorce of her parents, she was raised in multiple boardinghouses owned by her mother, and at one of them, met her first husband, ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Kent State University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Series
True Crime History
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Kent, OH, United States
ISBN
9781606350348
SKU
V9781606350348
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About Virginia A. McConnell
Virginia A. McConnell is an acclaimed writer of historical true crime books, including Arsenic Under the Elms: Murder in Victorian New Haven, Sympathy for the Devil: The Emmanuel Baptist Murders of Old San Francisco, and Fatal Fortune: The Death of Chicago's Millionaire Orphan. She currently serves as an English instructor at Walla Walla Community College-Clarkston Campus in the state of ... Read more
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