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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Carole HaberPublisher: The University of North Carolina Press Imprint: The University of North Carolina Press Dimensions: Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.525kg ISBN: 9781469626468ISBN 10: 1469626462 Pages: 328 Publication Date: 30 August 2015 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsIn this well-written narrative, Carole Haber goes beyond the trial transcripts and tabloid newspaper coverage of the infamous late-nineteenth-century Laura Fair murder trials to explain the significance of reinvention and reputation for those migrating to the American West.--<i>American Historical Review</i> A history that compels the reader to anticipate the denouement as eagerly as if reading a gripping fictional courtroom drama.-- Origins [Haber's book] offers a significant example of the way that an era's understanding of mental illness and gender have deep consequences, in this case, life rather than death.-- Bulletin of the History of Medicine Author InformationCarole Haber is professor of history and dean of the School of Liberal Arts at Tulane University, USA. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |