Blood & Ivy
The 1849 Murder That Scandalized Harvard
New York, N.Y. : W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., [2018]
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: xix, 347 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Traces the scandalous murder of a Harvard Medical School graduate and the ensuing trial that riveted mid-nineteenth-century America, exploring how the case established important precedents in medical forensics and the definition of reasonable doubt.
Subjects:
Parkman, George, 1790-1849.
Webster, John White, 1793-1850.
Harvard University -- History -- 19th century.
Murder -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Case studies.
Parkman, George, 1790-1849.
Webster, John White, 1793-1850.
Harvard University -- History -- 19th century.
Murder -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Case studies.
ISBN:
9780393245165
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
TRUE CRIME Col | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | In |
TRUE CRIME Col | Sandhills Indoors | Nonfiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references (pgs. 325-335) and index.