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The belle of Bedford Avenue : the sensational Brooks-Burns murder in turn-of-the-century New York
- Title
- The belle of Bedford Avenue : the sensational Brooks-Burns murder in turn-of-the-century New York / Virginia A. McConnell.
- Author
- McConnell, Virginia A., 1942-
- Publication
- Kent, Ohio : Kent State University Press, [2019]
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Details
- Description
- xx, 204 pages : illustrations; 23 cm.
- Summary
- In 1902, 20-year-old Walter Brooks, the scion of an affluent Brooklyn family, was murdered in a seedy Manhattan hotel. The subsequent trial of Florence Burns, the young woman accused of the murder, made front-page news across the country and shocked New York society. This true crime tale sheds new light on this now-forgotten crime.
- Series Statement
- True crime history
- Uniform Title
- True crime history series.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- History.
- True crime stories.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-196) and index.
- Contents
- Murder at Ground Zero -- The Bedford Avenue gang -- Florence Burns and Walter Brooks -- Walter Brooks's last week -- Arrest -- Florence and the tombs angel -- The unwritten law -- Florence in jail and a city obsessed -- The court of special sessions -- The verdict and an intermission -- The inquest -- Florence's new life -- The badger game -- Arrest, trial, and the law of unintended consequences -- Lessons not learned -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
- Call Number
- JFE 19-7398
- ISBN
- 9781606353660
- 1606353667
- LCCN
- 2018038329
- OCLC
- 1054834466
- Author
- McConnell, Virginia A., 1942- author.
- Title
- The belle of Bedford Avenue : the sensational Brooks-Burns murder in turn-of-the-century New York / Virginia A. McConnell.
- Publisher
- Kent, Ohio : Kent State University Press, [2019]
- Type of Content
- textstill image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- True crime historyTrue crime history series.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-196) and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1898-1951
- Research Call Number
- JFE 19-7398