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The Enigma Woman: The Death Sentence Of Nellie May Madison

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Item Width: 5.5 in Item Weight: 13.6 Oz Book Series: Women in the West Ser. Illustrator: Yes Number of Pages: 328 Pages Item Length: 8.5 in Publication Year: 2009 Genre: Family & Relationships, True Crime, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography, History width: 5.5 in Topic: Women, Abuse / General, United States / State & Local / West (Ak, CA, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, WY), Murder / General, Gender Studies, Women's Studies, Criminology Item Height: 0.7 in height: 0.7 in ISBN: 9780803224506 Format: Trade Paperback Language: English Author: Kathleen A. Cairns Publisher: University of Nebraska Press Book Title: Enigma Woman : the Death Sentence of Nellie May Madison

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The Enigma Woman: The Death Sentence Of Nellie May Madison. Number of Pages: 295. Weight: 0.84 lbs. Publication Date: 2009-04-01. Publisher: Bison Books. Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE ) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title: The Enigma Woman: The Death Sentence Of Nellie May Madison ISBN13: 9780803224506 ISBN10: 0803224508 Author: Cairns, Kathleen a. (Author) Description: Crack Shot Enigma Woman Good With Ponies And Pistols A Much-Married Woman What If Such An Unconventional Woman--And The Press Unanimously Agreed That Nellie May Madison Was Indeed Unconventional--Were To Get Away With Murder? Shortly After Her Husband's Bullet-Riddled Body Was Found In The Couple's Burbank Apartment, Police Issued An All-Points Bulletin For The Beautiful, Dark-Haired Widow The Ensuing Drama Unfolded With All The Twists And Turns Of A Noir Crime Novel In This Intriguing Cultural History, Kathleen A Cairns Tells The Tale Of Nellie May Madison, The First Woman On Death Row In California Her Story Offers A Glimpse Into Law And Disorder In 1930S Los Angeles While Bringing To Life A Remarkable Character Whose Plight Reflects On The Status Of Women, The Workings Of The Media And The Judiciary System, And The Stratification Of Society In Her Time Cairns's Re-Creation Of The Case From Murder To Trial To Aftermath Also Casts An Eye Forward To Our Own Love-Hate Affair With Celebrity Crimes And Our Abiding Ambivalence About Domestic Violence As A Defense For Murder Binding: Paperback, Paperback Publisher: Bison Books Publication Date: 2009-04-01 Weight: 0.84 lbs Dimensions: 0.65'' H x 8.54'' L x 6.44'' W Number of Pages: 295 Language: English

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