The fall of the house of Walworth : a tale of madness and murder in gilded age America /
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Author / Creator: | O'Brien, Geoffrey, 1948- |
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Edition: | 1st ed. |
Imprint: | New York : Henry Holt and Co., 2010. |
Description: | xii, 337 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm. |
Language: | English |
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Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8122988 |
Table of Contents:
- 1. A Haunted House
- 2. Room 267
- 3. Another Sentimental Murder
- 4. Early Life of a Chancellor
- 5. Spa and Courtroom: The Chancellor in His World
- 6. The Two Brothers
- 7. Hardins and Walworths
- 8. Sorrows and Joys of Married Life
- 9. Civil Wars
- 10. The Disinherited
- 11. The Look of a Wild Beast
- 12. Frank Is Sick
- 13. The Last Warning
- 14. The Trial, First Week: "Idiocy as a Profession"
- 15. The Trial, Second Week: "The Obnoxious Man Has Been Laid to Rest"
- 16. Sentence and Removal
- 17. The Prisoner
- 18. The Maniac's Dream
- 19. Ellen's Book
- 20. The Hermit
- Epilogue
- Notes
- Acknowledgments
- Index