WOMEN WHO KILL

Hardback, 1st US edn. Not just a study of women murderers in America - but a social history of women in the US from colonial times to the 'present' told through the often tragic or desperate, but consistently fascinating stories of women on the very edge of society - women driven to kill. From crimes of infanticide through the poisoning of husbands to the battered wives who fight back. Includes : Belle Gunness, Lizzie Borden, Ruth Snyder, Alice Crimmins + dozens of others. With Notes and Index. 408pp. lge. 8vo. h/back. F. in Vg+ dw. which is faded on sp. A fairly heavy book which will require additional postage if shipped overseas.