Elaine Forman Crane: 2 books
The Poison Plot
A Tale of Adultery and Murder in Colonial Newport
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2018
An accusation of attempted murder rudely interrupted Mary Arnold’s dalliances with working men and her extensive shopping sprees. When her husband Benedict fell deathly ill and then asserted she had tried to kill him with poison, the result was a dramatic petition for divorce. The case before the...
Witches, Wife Beaters, and Whores
Common Law and Common Folk in Early America
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
The early American legal system permeated the lives of colonists and reflected their sense of what was right and wrong, honorable and dishonorable, moral and immoral. In a compelling book full of the extraordinary stories of ordinary people, Elaine Forman Crane reveals the ways in which early Americans...