{"product_id":"the-murder-of-mary-bean-and-other-stories-paperback","title":"The Murder of Mary Bean: And Other Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ede Wolfe\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the New England Historical Book Award and the Peter C. Rollins Book Award\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe facts and fiction of an infamous New England murder\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhen the winter ice melted in April 1850, residents of Saco, Maine, made a gruesome discovery: the body of a young girl submerged in a stream. Thanks to evidence left at the scene, a local physician was arrested and tried for the death of Mary Bean, the name given to the unidentified young girl; the cause of death was failed abortion. Garnering extensive newspaper coverage, the trial revealed many secrets: a poorly trained doctor, connections to an unsolved murder in New Hampshire, and the true identity of \"Mary Bean\"--a young Canadian mill worker named Berengera Caswell, missing since the previous winter. \u003cem\u003eThe Murder of Mary Bean and Other Stories\u003c\/em\u003e examines the series of events that led Caswell to become Mary Bean and the intense curiosity and anxiety stimulated by this heavily watched trial.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn addition to the sensationalist murder accounts, De Wolfe looks back at these events through a wide-angle lens exploring such themes as the rapid social changes brought about by urbanization and industrialization in antebellum nineteenth-century society, factory work and the changing roles for women, unregulated sexuality and the specter of abortion, and the sentimental novel as a guidebook. She posits that the real threat to women in the nineteenth century was not murder but a society that had ambiguous feelings about the role of women in the economic system, in education, and as independent citizens.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSure to place this case among the classics of crime literature, \u003cem\u003eThe Murder of Mary Bean and Other Stories\u003c\/em\u003e features two reprinted accounts of Caswell's death, both fictional and originally printed in the 1850s, as well as an introduction that places these salacious accounts in a historical context. This book serves not simply as true crime but, rather, presents a seamy side of rapid industrial growth and the public anxiety over the emerging economic roles of women.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe facts and fiction of an infamous New England murder\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhen the winter ice melted in April 1850, residents of Saco, Maine, made a gruesome discovery: the body of a young girl submerged in a stream. Thanks to evidence left at the scene, a local physician was arrested and tried for the death of Mary Bean, the name given to the unidentified young girl; the cause of death was failed abortion. Garnering extensive newspaper coverage, the trial revealed many secrets: a poorly trained doctor, connections to an unsolved murder in New Hampshire, and the true identity of \"Mary Bean\"--a young Canadian mill worker named Berengera Caswell, missing since the previous winter. \u003cem\u003eThe Murder of Mary Bean and Other Stories\u003c\/em\u003e examines the series of events that led Caswell to become Mary Bean and the intense curiosity and anxiety stimulated by this heavily watched trial.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn addition to the sensationalist murder accounts, De Wolfe looks back at these events through a wide-angle lens exploring such themes as the rapid social changes brought about by urbanization and industrialization in antebellum nineteenth-century society, factory work and the changing roles for women, unregulated sexuality and the specter of abortion, and the sentimental novel as a guidebook. She posits that the real threat to women in the nineteenth century was not murder but a society that had ambiguous feelings about the role of women in the economic system, in education, and as independent citizens.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSure to place this case among the classics of crime literature, \u003cem\u003eThe Murder of Mary Bean and Other Stories\u003c\/em\u003e features two reprinted accounts of Caswell's death, both fictional and originally printed in the 1850s, as well as an introduction that places these salacious accounts in a historical context. This book serves not simply as true crime but, rather, presents a seamy side of rapid industrial growth and the public anxiety over the emerging economic roles of women.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eElizabeth A. De Wolfe\u003c\/strong\u003e is associate professor of history at the University of New England in Biddeford, Maine. She is coeditor (with Thomas S. Edwards) of \u003cem\u003eSuch News of the Land: U.S. Women Nature Writers\u003c\/em\u003e (2001) and the author of \u003cem\u003eShaking the Faith: Women, Family and Mary Marshall Dyer's Anti-Shaker Campaign, 1815-1867\u003c\/em\u003e (2002), which received the 2003 Outstanding Publication Award from the Communal Studies Association.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 27, 2007\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e IndieFab awards (2007)\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Independent Publisher Book Awards (2008)\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47521569079517,"sku":"9780873389181","price":29.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/tloaeRlP-g9780873389181.webp?v=1772263691","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/the-murder-of-mary-bean-and-other-stories-paperback","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}