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The scandalous Hamiltons / Bill Shaffer.

Shaffer, Bill, (author.).

Summary:
A sordid tale of bigamy, bribery, sex, and violence, set in the Gilded Age, explores the ill-fated saga of Ray, an Alexander Hamilton heir, and his wife, a con artist who tricked him into marriage using an abandoned infant, and who went to prison for stabbing their baby's nurse.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780806542256
  • ISBN: 080654225X
  • Physical Description: viii, 312 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm
  • Publisher: New York, NY : Citadel Press, Kensington Publishing Corp., [2022]

Content descriptions

General Note:
"A Gilded Age grifter, a Founding Father's disgraced descendant, and a trial at the dawn of tabloid journalism" -- Cover.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-293) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Introduction -- In the woman's power -- A woman's ready dagger -- A villainous conspiracy -- Mr. Hamilton's plight -- Mrs. Hamilton weeps -- Mrs. Eva Hamilton's story -- Mann or Hamilton? -- Mr. Hamilton's fate -- Eva begins her fight -- Eva at the frontlights -- Mrs. Gaul's queer goings-on -- Sequel to tragedy -- Let him be forgotten -- Epilogue.
Subject: Hamilton, Robert Ray, Mrs. (Evangeline Steele)
Hamilton, Robert Ray.
Married people > New York (State) > New York > Biography.
Trials (Assault and battery) > New York (State)
Scandals > New York (State) > New York.
Deception > New York (State) > New York.
Tabloid newspapers > New York (State) > New York.
New York (N.Y.) > History > 1898-1951 > Biography.
Genre: Biographies.

Available copies

  • 5 of 5 copies available at SPARK Libraries.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 5 total copies.
Show Only Available Copies
Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Albright Memorial Library 974.7 SHAFFER (Text) 50686016218989 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Guthrie Memorial Library: Hanover's Public Library Adults 974.7 SHA Nonfiction (Text)
Bookplate: Plated 2022: In Honor of Judy Bolin
34007002471600 Adult Area Available -
Kreutz Creek Valley Library Adults Hamilton Biography (Text) 34261000619716 Adult Area Available -
New Castle Public Library 974.7 Shaffer (Text) 31902005466271 NWCM Non-Fiction Available -
Easton Main Library 974.7 S525s (Text) 31901004631711 Adult Nonfiction Available -


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