Lizzie Borden: Trial, Myth, and the True Crime Machine
From Cara Robertson's definitive account of the 1892 trial to sharp critiques of how media manufactures the 'female monster,' these books separate the Fall River case from its endless dramatizations.
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The Trial of Lizzie BordenCara RobertsonCara Robertson’s focused history of Lizzie Borden and the trial gives readers the definitive factual account to compare...Shelf signal: Murder & Homicide
The Ruin of All WitchesMalcolm Gaskill, Kristin AthertonMalcolm Gaskill’s study places witch-hunting and early New England moral panics in conversation with later-era...Shelf signal: Colonial America (to 1775)
Catch and KillRonan Farrow, Little, Brown & CompanyTom O'Neill’s investigative work on Manson shows how journalists revisit famous crimes and unsettle official...Shelf signal: Sexual Assault Cases
When the World Didn't EndGuinevere TurnerGuinevere Turner’s memoir of cult experience illuminates survivor and social-context voices that often get flattened in...Shelf signal: Personal Memoirs
MonstersClaire DedererClaire Dederer’s cultural critique of monsters and cancel culture explains how society constructs and consumes 'female...Shelf signal: Art Criticism & Ideas