The Borden murders : Lizzie Borden and the trial of the century / Sarah Miller.
Material type: TextPublisher: New York : Schwartz & Wade Books, [2016]Description: 1 online resourceContent type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- Juvenile
- 9780553498103
- 055349810X
- Borden, Lizzie, 1860-1927 -- Trials, litigation, etc. -- Juvenile literature
- Borden, Abby Durfee Gray, 1828-1892 -- Juvenile literature
- Borden, Andrew Jackson, 1822-1892 -- Juvenile literature
- Trials (Murder) -- Massachusetts -- New Beford -- Juvenile literature
- Murder -- Massachusetts -- Fall River -- Juvenile literature
- Murder -- Investigation -- Massachusetts -- Fall River -- Juvenile literature
- Fall River (Mass.) -- History -- Juvenile literature
- 345.744/02523 23
- KF223.B6 M55 2016
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Digital download | Athens | Digital Download | Download | Download from the Ohio Digital Library |
Electronic book.
Who's who -- Murder! -- The Bordens -- Investigation -- Inquest -- Arrest -- Preliminary hearing -- The waiting time -- Trial of the century -- Aftermath -- Epilogue -- Researching the Bordens -- Sources -- Acknowledgements.
Here's middle-grade nonfiction that reads like a thriller. With murder, court battles, and sensational newspaper headlines, the story of Lizzie Borden is compulsively readable and perfect for the Common Core. -- In a compelling, linear narrative, Miller takes readers along as she investigates a brutal crime: the August 4, 1892, murders of wealthy and prominent Andrew and Abby Borden. The accused? Mild-mannered and highly respected Lizzie Borden, daughter of Andrew and stepdaughter of Abby. Most of what is known about Lizzie's arrest and subsequent trial (and acquittal) comes from sensationalized newspaper reports; as Miller sorts fact from fiction, and as a legal battle gets under way, a gripping portrait of a woman and a town emerges. With inserts featuring period photos and newspaper clippings--and, yes, images from the murder scene--readers will devour this nonfiction book that reads like fiction. "Sure to be a hit with true crime fans everywhere." -- -- From the Hardcover edition.