The Hanging of Ephraim Wheeler
Download or Read eBook The Hanging of Ephraim Wheeler PDF written by Irene Quenzler Brown and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2003-04-30 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Irene Quenzler Brown |
| Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
| Total Pages | : 428 |
| Release | : 2003-04-30 |
| ISBN-10 | : 0674010205 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9780674010208 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (05 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The Hanging of Ephraim Wheeler by : Irene Quenzler Brown
Book excerpt: 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.
