The Hanging of Betsey Reed: A Wabash River Tragedy on the Illinois Frontier
Kelsheimer, Rick
ISBN 10: 1439237115 ISBN 13: 9781439237113
Verlag: BookSurge Publishing, 2009
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In 1845, twenty thousand people gathered to witness the hanging of Elizabeth ?Betsey? Reed. A resident of the Palestine area, she was convicted of murdering her husband by serving him a cup of sassafras tea laced with arsenic. She became the first and only woman ever to be hanged in the State of Illinois. Despised by the mob and considered a witch by many, she rode to the gallows sitting atop her coffin, singing hymns of praise. Was she a murderess or a victim of her own reputation? Based on actual events, The Hanging of Betsey Reed is a tale of treachery and deceit on the Illinois frontier.
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Titel: The Hanging of Betsey Reed: A Wabash River ...
Verlag: BookSurge Publishing
Erscheinungsdatum: 2009
Einband: Softcover
Illustrator: Kelsheimer, Ben
Zustand: Very Good