Wicked Conduct : The Minister, the Mill Girl and the Murder That Captivated Old Rhode Island

by Rory Raven

2020-06-25 13:32:59

This scribbled note belonged to Sarah M. Cornell, written the day her body was found hanged in a rural pasture in Tiverton, Rhode Island. An unmarried young woman of limited means, Sarah was four months pregnant, and a married Methodist minister stoo... Read more
This scribbled note belonged to Sarah M. Cornell, written the day her body was found hanged in a rural pasture in Tiverton, Rhode Island. An unmarried young woman of limited means, Sarah was four months pregnant, and a married Methodist minister stood accused as the father. Local authorities grew skeptical of Sarah's apparent suicide as Reverend Avery's conduct appeared increasingly suspect, and eventually the extensive evidence of their tortured relationship set off a groundswell of public interest and media attention never before seen in 1830s New England. This tragic crime left the nation clamoring for justice and became one of early America's most sensational murder trials. Less

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File size8.8x5.9x0.2inches
Print pages126
PublisherHistory Press
Publication date November 1, 2009
Languageeng
ISBN9781596298026

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