The adventuress
Subtitle: murder, blackmail, and confidence games in the Gilded Age
By: Virginia A. McConnell.
Series: True crime history series
Publisher: Kent State University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Kent, Ohio
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781606350348
Subjects: Walkup, Minnie Wallace, -- 1869-1957; Women murderers -- United States -- Biography; Husbands -- Crimes against; Murder -- United States -- Case studies
Genres: Biography; Case studies
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: A shootout and a World's Fair; title: The visitor from Kansas; title: The mayor takes a wife; title: Minnie goes downtown; title: The death of a mayor; title: A sensation in Emporia; title: Defending Minnie Walkup; title: Starring Minnie Walkup; title: The rise and fall of Minnie Walkup; title: Intermission; title: The levee; title: The death of a club man; title: Hansen versus Ketcham; title: Billy, Baby Jo, and the prince; title: The robber baron's partner; title: Death from afar; title: Where are they now?