The mysterious death of Mary Rogers
Subtitle: sex and culture in nineteenth-century New York
By: Amy Gilman Srebnick.
Series: Studies in the history of sexuality
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1995
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 218
Subjects: Rogers, Mary, 1820-1841; Murder -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 19th century; Sex crimes -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 19th century; Sex role -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 19th century; City and town life -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 19th century; New York (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century
Description: In the summer of 1841, Mary Rogers, a young woman known popularly as "The Beautiful Cigar Girl," disappeared from her boarding house on Nassau Street in downtown New York. Three days later, her body, badly bruised and water-logged, was found floating in the shallow waters of the Hudson River just a few feet from the Jersey shore. Long a celebrated unsolved mystery, this case was a major cause celebre in New York City.

In The Mysterious Death of Mary Rogers, the historian Amy Gilman Srebnick traces the story of Mary Rogers, using her death as a window into the urban culture and consciousness of mid-nineteenth-century New York.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-212) and index.