Bibliograph

The Borden murders, Lizzie Borden & the trial of the century, Sarah Miller

Type

Label

The Borden murders, Lizzie Borden & the trial of the century, Sarah Miller

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-281) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The Borden murders

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Sarah Miller

Sub title

Lizzie Borden & the trial of the century

Summary

Lizzie Borden took an axe, gave her mother forty whacks. When she saw what she had done, she gave her father forty-one. In a compelling, linear narrative, Miller takes readers along as she investigates a brutal crime: the August 4, 1892, murders of wealthy and prominent Andrew and Abby Borden. The accused? Mild-mannered and highly respected Lizzie Borden, daughter of Andrew and stepdaughter of Abby. Most of what is known about Lizzieâ s arrest and subsequent trial (and acquittal) comes from sensationalized newspaper reports; as Miller sorts fact from fiction, and as a legal battle gets under way, a gripping portrait of a woman and a town emerges

Table Of Contents

Who's who -- Lizzie Borden took an axe -- Murder! -- The Bordens -- Investigation -- Inquest -- Arrest -- Preliminary hearing -- The waiting time -- Trial of the century -- Aftermath -- Epilogue -- Researching the Bordens -- Sources -- Acknowledgements

Target audience

juvenile

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