FORTY WHACKS New Evidence in the Life and Legend of Lizzie Borden (SIGNED LIMITED EDN.)

Hardback. SIGNED AND NUMBERED LIMITED EDN.(206/1000). Foreword by Robert A. Flynn. Lizzie Borden is a name that has lived in infamy. Most people know the "forty whacks" rhyme, but what they don't know are the particulars of how Lizzie was hounded by prosecutors, pursued by the press, finally acquitted - yet always presumed guilty. For answers to these and many other questions, the author turned to Robert A. Flynn, a native of Fall River. As they delved deeper into the mystery, Kent and Flynn gained complete access to voluminous material - including newly acquired papers and never-before-published photographs that are now part of this book. From essential details that were whitewashed in the trial, a new picture of Lizzie Borden emerges, far different from the blood-stained portrait of legend. Illus., Epilogue, The Cast of Characters and Bibliog. 231pp. 8vo. h/back. With SIGNED AND NUMBERED(206/1000) printed b/plate laid-in. F. in Nr. F. protected dw. which has partially sl. faded sp.