Title: Butchery on Bond Street - Sexual Politics and The Burdell-Cunningham Case in Ante-bellum New York
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.
Subjects: Trials, litigation, Murder, History, Trials (Murder), Prostitution, Moral conditions