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Author:

Renehan, Edward, 1956- author.

Title:

Deliberate evil : Nathaniel Hawthorne, Daniel Webster, and the 1830 murder of a Salem slave trader / Edward J. Renehan, Jr.

Publisher:

Chicago Review Press,

Copyright Date:

2022

Description:

xiii, 238 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Subject:

White, Joseph,--1747 or 1748-1830--Death and burial.
Webster, Daniel,--1782-1852.
Hawthorne, Nathaniel,--1804-1864.
Murder--Salem--Salem--History--19th century.
Murder--History--Salem--Salem--History--19th century--Sources.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Summary:

The 1830 murder of wealthy slaver Joseph White shook all of Salem, Massachusetts. Soon the crime drew national attention when it was discovered that two of the conspirators came from Salems influential Crowninshield family: a clan of millionaire shipowners, cabinet secretaries, and congressmen. A prosecution team led by famed Massachusetts senator Daniel Webster made the case even more newsworthy. Meanwhile, young Salem native Nathaniel Hawthornewho knew several of the accusedobserved and wrote. Here, using source materials not available previously, Edward J. Renehan Jr. provides a riveting narrative of the cold-blooded murder, intense investigations, scandal-strewn trials, and grim executions that dominated headlines nearly two-hundred years ago.

ISBN:

1641603380
9781641603386

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1240209923

LCCN:

2021944642

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

YSPD232 -- Camanche Public Library (Camanche)

CDPF771 -- Clive Public Library (Clive)

OJPC027 -- Corning Public Library (Corning)

XXPH787 -- Council Bluffs Public Library (Council Bluffs)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

KJPF566 -- Fort Madison Public Library (Fort Madison)

GOPG641 -- Marshalltown Public Library (Marshalltown)