The beautiful cigar girl
Subtitle: Mary Rogers, Edgar Allan Poe, and the invention of murder
By: Daniel Stashower
Publisher: Dutton
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 326
ISBN-13: 9780525949817
Subjects: Sources; American Detective and mystery stories; History and criticism; Murder; History
Description: Traces the July 1841 murder investigation that was marked by sensational media coverage and the debut of Edgar Allen Poe, whose short stories "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" and "The Mystery of Marie Roget" associated him with the crime.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 311-315) and index.
Table of contents: title: Prologue : descent into maelstrom; title: 1. A gallant gay Lothario; title: 2. I tremble for the consequence; title: 3. Left home on Sunday; title: 4. Very clever with his pen; title: 5. A person of chastity; title: 6. The dead house; title: 7. The sable divinity of night; title: 8. The committee of concerned citizens; title: 9. A most notorious scoundrel; title: 10. The lost hour; title: 11. Crackpots and gossipists; title: 12. The murder thicket; title: 13. A somewhat wasted heart; title: 14. A wave of crimson; title: 15. A series of coincidences; title: 16. A mansion built on baby skulls; title: 17. The vanishing rowboat; title: 18. At variance with truth; title: 19. It may not be improper to record; title: 20. The imp of the perverse; title: Epilogue : one last wild cry.