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Author:

Mahon, Elizabeth Kerri, author.

Title:

Pretty evil New York : true stories of mobster molls, violent vixens, and murderous matriarchs / Elizabeth Kerri Mahon.

Publisher:

Globe Pequot,

Copyright Date:

2021

Description:

255 pages ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Female offenders--New York (State)--Biography.
Crime--New York (State)--History.
New York (State)--History--1865-

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Contents:

Henrietta Robinson (1827-1905) : the veiled murderess -- Emma Cunningham (1818-1887) : the Bond Street tragedy -- Fredericka Mandelbaum (1818-1894) : queen of fences -- Sophie Lyons (1848-1924) : queen of the underworld -- Roxalana Druse (1847-1887) : the last woman to be hanged in New York -- Lizzie Halliday (1859-1918) : the worst woman on earth -- Mary Alice Livingston (1861-1948) : clam chowder murder -- Mary Farmer (1880-1908) : Watertown trunk murder -- Celia Cooney (1904-1992) : the bobbed haired bandit -- Ruth Snyder (1895-1928) : the double indemnity murder -- Stephanie St. Clair (1886-1969) : the numbers queen of Harlem.

Summary:

"In Pretty Evil New York, author Elizabeth Kerri Mahon takes you on a journey through a rogue's gallery of some of New York's most notable female criminals"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

1493055003
9781493055005

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1124310358

LCCN:

2021018772

Locations:

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)