Fall River
Subtitle: an authentic narrative
By: Catharine Williams ; edited by Patricia Caldwell.
Contributors: Caldwell, Patricia.
Series: Women writers in English 1350-1850
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1993
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 170
Subjects: Cornell, Sarah Maria, 1802-1832 -- Fiction.; Avery, Ephraim K., d. 1869 -- Fiction.; Murder -- Massachusetts -- Fall River -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction.; Fall River (Mass.) -- History -- Fiction.
Description: Fall River recreates a notorious incident in Fall River, Massachusetts: the trial of a Methodist minister for the murder of a pregnant mill worker whom it was suspected he had seduced. The work offers a view of the lives of poor factory girls and clerical corruption in early New England industrial towns.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.