Butchery on Bond Street - Sexual Politics and The Burdell-Cunningham Case in Ante-bellum New York
Publisher: New York Wanderer Press in association with The Green-Wood Cemetery Historic Fund; Green-wood Cemetery Historic Fund in association with the New York Wanderer Press
Published: May 28, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 299
ISBN-13: 9780979517501
Subjects: History / United States; United States - 19th Century; History; History: American
Description: In 1857 Dr. Harvey Burdell, a young dentist, was murdered; his lover, Emma Hempstead Cunningham, a widow with five children, was accused of his brutal murder. Feldman presents a well-researched book that explores the gender politics and legal aspects of the dentist's murder and Emma Cunningham's trial.