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- The trial of Lizzie Borden : a true story / by Robertson, Cara,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."The remarkable new account of an essential piece of American mythology--the trial of Lizzie Borden--based on twenty years of research and recently unearthed evidence. The Trial of Lizzie Borden tells the true story of one of the most sensational murder trials in American history. When Andrew and Abby Borden were brutally hacked to death in Fall River, Massachusetts, in August 1892, the arrest of the couple's younger daughter Lizzie turned the case into international news and her trial into a spectacle unparalleled in American history. Reporters flocked to the scene. Well-known columnists took up conspicuous seats in the courtroom. The defendant was relentlessly scrutinized for signs of guilt or innocence. Everyone--rich and poor, suffragists and social conservatives, legal scholars and laypeople--had an opinion about Lizzie Borden's guilt or innocence. Was she a cold-blooded murderess or an unjustly persecuted lady? Did she or didn't she? The popular fascination with the Borden murders and its central enigmatic character has endured for more than one hundred years. Immortalized in rhyme, told and retold in every conceivable genre, the murders have secured a place in the American pantheon of mythic horror, but one typically wrenched from its historical moment. In contrast, Cara Robertson explores the stories Lizzie Borden's culture wanted and expected to hear and how those stories influenced the debate inside and outside of the courtroom. Based on transcripts of the Borden legal proceedings, contemporary newspaper accounts, unpublished local accounts, and recently unearthed letters from Lizzie herself, The Trial of Lizzie Borden offers a window onto America in the Gilded Age, showcasing its most deeply held convictions and its most troubling social anxieties"--- Subjects: Borden, Lizzie, 1860-1927; Trials (Murder);
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- Lizzie Borden took an ax [videorecording] / by Campbell, William,1959-; Du Vall, Clea,actor.; Gomez, Nick,1963-; Ricci, Christina,actor.; Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm);
Christina Ricci, Clea DuVall, Billy Campbell, Stephen McHattie, Gregg Henry.Originally broadcast on television in 2014.Inspired by the gruesome historical crime that shocked the nation, the Lifetime Original Movie Lizzie Borden Took an Ax stars Christine Ricci as the eponymous, outwardly demure Sunday School teacher from Boston, Massachusetts who, in 1892, became the prime suspect in her own parents' horrific murder. As young Lizzie's case goes to trial, her lawyer Andrew Jennings (Billy Campbell) fights for her freedom amidst a sea of scandal.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD ; Widescreen 1.77:1 ; Dolby digital.- Subjects: Borden, Lizzie, 1860-1927; Crime television programs.; Made-for-TV movies.; Murder; Trials (Murder); Women murderers;
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