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Alice + Freda forever, a murder in Memphis, Alexis Coe ; with illustrations by Sally Klann

eng

Includes bibliographical references (pages 194-215) and index

contains biographical information

illustrationsmaps

index present

non fiction

Alice + Freda forever

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Alexis Coe ; with illustrations by Sally Klann

a murder in Memphis

Recounts a real-life, lesbian love story--set in late 19th century America-- that ended tragically with the public murder of seventeen-year-old Freda Ward by her lover Alice Mitchell, who was subsequently declared insane and committed to an asylum where she died under mysterious circumstances. Coe includes over 100 illustrated love letters, maps, artifacts, historical documents, newspaper articles, courtroom proceedings, and intimate, domestic scenes--painting a picture of a sadly familiar world. --Adapted from publisher description

Girl slays girl -- (I don't care if I'm hung! -- The great drama -- Mr. and Mrs. Alvin J. Ward -- Price the pistols -- I thought you were a lady -- You told and I did too) -- A most shocking crime -- (Erotomania -- Maiden purity -- Delicate hands, horrible deed -- Attendance even greater than opening day -- Quite a flirt -- Fair Lillie -- The old thread-bare lie) -- Lunacy -- (The hypothetical case -- Vicarious menstruation -- An impossible idea -- Her own best witness) -- The last of Alice Mitchell -- (That story was never printed) -- Epilogue: Sexual monsters

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