The Celebrated Case of Myra Clark Gaines
by
Elizabeth Urban Alexander
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2001
The legal crusade of Myra Clark Gaines (1804?--1885) has all the trappings of classic melodrama -- a lost heir, a missing will, an illicit relationship, a questionable marriage, a bigamous husband, and a murder. For a half century the daughter of New Orleans millionaire Daniel Clark struggled to justify...