Alice + Freda forever a murder in Memphis
"In 1892, America was obsessed with a teenage murderess, but it wasn't her crime that shocked the nation--it was her motivation. Nineteen-year-old Alice Mitchell had planned to pass as a man in order to marry her seventeen-year-old fiancée Freda Ward, but when their love letters were discovered, th...
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Pulp, an imprint of Zest Books,
[2014]
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| 100 | 1 | |a Coe, Alexis, |e author. | |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Alice + Freda forever : |b a murder in Memphis / |c Alexis Coe ; with illustrations by Sally Klann. |
| 246 | 3 | |a Alice plus Freda forever | |
| 246 | 3 | |a Alice and Freda forever | |
| 246 | 3 | |a Alice & Freda forever | |
| 264 | 1 | |a San Francisco, CA : |b Pulp, an imprint of Zest Books, |c [2014] | |
| 300 | |a 223 pages : |b illustrations, map ; |c 24 cm | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Girl slays girl. I don't care if I'm hung! ; The great drama ; Mr. and Mrs. Alvin J. Ward ; Price the pistols ; I thought you were a lady ; You told and I did too -- A most shocking crime. Erotomania ; Maiden purity ; Delicate hands, horrible deed ; Attendance even greater than opening day ; Quite a flirt ; Fair Lillie ; The old thread-bare lie -- Lunacy. The hypothetical case ; Vicarious menstruation ; An impossible idea ; Her own best witness -- The last of Alice Mitchell. That story was never printed. | |
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 194-199) and index. | ||
| 520 | |a "In 1892, America was obsessed with a teenage murderess, but it wasn't her crime that shocked the nation--it was her motivation. Nineteen-year-old Alice Mitchell had planned to pass as a man in order to marry her seventeen-year-old fiancée Freda Ward, but when their love letters were discovered, they were forbidden from ever speaking again. Freda adjusted to this fate with an ease that stunned a heartbroken Alice. Her desperation grew with each unanswered letter--and her father's razor soon went missing. On January 25, Alice publicly slashed her ex-fiancée's throat. Her same-sex love was deemed insane by her father that very night, and medical experts agreed: This was a dangerous and incurable perversion. As the courtroom was expanded to accommodate national interest, Alice spent months in jail--including the night that three of her fellow prisoners were lynched (an event which captured the attention of journalist and civil rights activist Ida B. Wells). After a jury of "the finest men in Memphis" declared Alice insane, she was remanded to an asylum, where she died under mysterious circumstances just a few years later. Alice + Freda Forever recounts this tragic, real-life love story with over 100 illustrated love letters, maps, artifacts, historical documents, newspaper articles, courtroom proceedings, and intimate, domestic scenes--painting a vivid picture of a sadly familiar world."--Publisher's website. | ||
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| 650 | 0 | |a Lesbian couples |z Tennessee |z Memphis |x History |y 19th century. | |
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