Speaking Ill of the Dead: Jerks in New England History, First Edition

ISBN-13: 9780762778621 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 232 str.

Matthew P. Mayo

Opis

The lives of notorious bad guys, perpetrators of mischief, visionary-if misunderstood-thinkers, and other colorful antiheroes, jerks, and evil doers from history all get their due in the short essays featured in these enlightening, informative, books. Speaking Ill of the Dead: Jerks in New England History features twenty short biographies of nefarious characters, from Charles W. Morse, serial monopolist, cheat, liar, and swindler, to Emeline Meaker & Mary Rogers, otherwise known as the Lady Killers.