| Description |
viii, 312 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Note |
"A Gilded Age grifter, a Founding Father's disgraced descendant, and a trial at the dawn of tabloid journalism" -- Cover. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- In the woman's power -- A woman's ready dagger -- A villainous conspiracy -- Mr. Hamilton's plight -- Mrs. Hamilton weeps -- Mrs. Eva Hamilton's story -- Mann or Hamilton? -- Mr. Hamilton's fate -- Eva begins her fight -- Eva at the frontlights -- Mrs. Gaul's queer goings-on -- Sequel to tragedy -- Let him be forgotten -- Epilogue. |
| Summary |
A sordid tale of bigamy, bribery, sex, and violence, set in the Gilded Age, explores the ill-fated saga of Ray, an Alexander Hamilton heir, and his wife, a con artist who tricked him into marriage using an abandoned infant, and who went to prison for stabbing their baby's nurse. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-293) and index. |
| Subject |
Hamilton, Robert Ray, Mrs. (Evangeline Steele)
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Hamilton, Robert Ray.
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Married people -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography.
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Trials (Assault and battery) -- New York (State)
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Scandals -- New York (State) -- New York.
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Deception -- New York (State) -- New York.
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Tabloid newspapers -- New York (State) -- New York.
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New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 1898-1951 -- Biography.
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| ISBN |
9780806542256 (hardcover) |
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080654225X (hardcover) |
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