The scandalous Hamiltons / Bill Shaffer.
Title:
The scandalous Hamiltons / Bill Shaffer.
ISBN:
9780806542256
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Publication Information:
New York, NY : Citadel Press, Kensington Publishing Corp., [2022]
Physical Description:
viii, 312 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm
General Note:
"A Gilded Age grifter, a Founding Father's disgraced descendant, and a trial at the dawn of tabloid journalism"--Dust jacket front.
Contents:
Introduction -- In the woman's power -- A woman's ready dagger -- A villainous conspiracy -- Mr. Hamilton's plight -- Mrs. Hamilton weeps -- Mrs. Eva Hamilton's story -- Mann or Hamilton? -- Mr. Hamilton's fate -- Eva begins her fight -- Eva at the frontlights -- Mrs. Gaul's queer goings-on -- Sequel to tragedy -- Let him be forgotten -- Epilogue.
Summary:
A sordid tale of bigamy, bribery, sex, and violence, set in the Gilded Age, explores the ill-fated saga of Ray, an Alexander Hamilton heir, and his wife, a con artist who tricked him into marriage using an abandoned infant, and who went to prison for stabbing their baby's nurse.
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OCLC Number:
on1336491689
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