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The Hanging of Ephraim Wheeler: A Story of Rape, Incest, and Justice in Early America Irene Quenzler Brown
The Hanging of Ephraim Wheeler: A Story of Rape, Incest, and Justice in Early America
Irene Quenzler Brown
In 1806 thousands descended on Lenox, Massachusetts, for the hanging of Ephraim Wheeler, condemned for the rape of his 13-year-old daughter, Betsy. Using the trial report to reconstruct the crime and drawing on Wheeler’s jailhouse autobiography to unravel his troubled family history, the authors illuminate a rarely seen slice of early America.
408 pages, 16 halftones, 1 map
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | April 30, 2005 |
| ISBN13 | 9780674017603 |
| Publishers | Harvard University Press |
| Pages | 408 |
| Dimensions | 130 × 202 × 24 mm · 430 g |
| Language | English |