Skip to content
You are not logged in |Login  
     
Limit search to available items
Book Cover
book
BookBook
Author Gross, Kali N., 1972- author.

Title Hannah Mary Tabbs and the disembodied torso : a tale of race, sex, and violence in America / Kali Nicole Gross.

Publication Info. New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2016]
©2016

Copies

Location Call No. Status
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  364.1523 G91    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  364.1523 GR    Check Shelf
Description 220 pages : illustrations, map, portraits ; 22 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-211) and index.
Contents Handle with care -- The woman found -- To do him bodily harm -- Wavy hair and nearly white skin -- Held for trial -- A most revolting deed.
Subject Tabbs, Hannah Mary.
Murder -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Case studies.
Family violence -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Case studies.
African Americans -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Social conditions -- 19th century.
African American women -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Social conditions -- 19th century.
Racially mixed people -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Social conditions -- 19th century.
United States -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century.
Genre/Form True crime stories.
ISBN 9780190241216 hardcover alkaline paper
0190241217 hardcover alkaline paper
-->
Add a Review