The Lady of Sing Sing
Title | The Lady of Sing Sing PDF eBook |
Author | Idanna Pucci |
Publisher | Tiller Press |
Pages | 304 |
Release | 2020-03-10 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 1982139315 |
This “gripping social history” (Publishers Weekly), with all the passion and pathos of a classic opera, chronicles the riveting first campaign against the death penalty waged in 1895 by American pioneer activist, Cora Slocomb, Countess of Brazzà, to save the life of a twenty-year-old illiterate Italian immigrant, Maria Barbella, who killed the man who had abused her. Previously published as The Trials of Maria Barbella. In 1895, a twenty-two-year-old Italian seamstress named Maria Barbella was accused of murdering her lover, Domenico Cataldo, after he seduced her and broke his promise to marry her. Following a sensational trial filled with inept lawyers, dishonest reporters and editors, and a crooked judge repaying political favors, the illiterate immigrant became the first woman sentenced to the newly invented electric chair at Sing Sing, where she is also the first female prisoner. Behind the scenes, a corporate war raged for the monopoly of electricity pitting two giants, Edison and Westinghouse with Nikola Tesla at his side, against each other. Enter Cora Slocomb, an American-born Italian aristocrat and activist, who launched the first campaign against the death penalty to save Maria. Rallying the New York press, Cora reached out across the social divide—from the mansions of Fifth Avenue to the tenements of Little Italy. Maria’s “crime of honor” quickly becomes a cause celebre, seizing the nation’s attention. Idanna Pucci, Cora’s great-granddaughter, masterfully recounts this astonishing story by drawing on original research and documents from the US and Italy. This dramatic page-turner, interwoven with twists and unexpected turns, grapples with the tragedy of immigration, capital punishment, ethnic prejudice, criminal justice, corporate greed, violence against women, and a woman’s right to reject the role of victim. Over a century later, this story is as urgent as ever.
The Lady of Sing Sing
Title | The Lady of Sing Sing PDF eBook |
Author | Idanna Pucci |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Pages | 304 |
Release | 2020-03-10 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 1982139323 |
This “gripping social history” (Publishers Weekly), with all the passion and pathos of a classic opera, chronicles the riveting first campaign against the death penalty waged in 1895 by American pioneer activist, Cora Slocomb, Countess of Brazzà, to save the life of a twenty-year-old illiterate Italian immigrant, Maria Barbella, who killed the man who had abused her. Previously published as The Trials of Maria Barbella. In 1895, a twenty-two-year-old Italian seamstress named Maria Barbella was accused of murdering her lover, Domenico Cataldo, after he seduced her and broke his promise to marry her. Following a sensational trial filled with inept lawyers, dishonest reporters and editors, and a crooked judge repaying political favors, the illiterate immigrant became the first woman sentenced to the newly invented electric chair at Sing Sing, where she is also the first female prisoner. Behind the scenes, a corporate war raged for the monopoly of electricity pitting two giants, Edison and Westinghouse with Nikola Tesla at his side, against each other. Enter Cora Slocomb, an American-born Italian aristocrat and activist, who launched the first campaign against the death penalty to save Maria. Rallying the New York press, Cora reached out across the social divide—from the mansions of Fifth Avenue to the tenements of Little Italy. Maria’s “crime of honor” quickly becomes a cause celebre, seizing the nation’s attention. Idanna Pucci, Cora’s great-granddaughter, masterfully recounts this astonishing story by drawing on original research and documents from the US and Italy. This dramatic page-turner, interwoven with twists and unexpected turns, grapples with the tragedy of immigration, capital punishment, ethnic prejudice, criminal justice, corporate greed, violence against women, and a woman’s right to reject the role of victim. Over a century later, this story is as urgent as ever.
The Lady's Home Magazine of Literature, Art, and Fashion
Title | The Lady's Home Magazine of Literature, Art, and Fashion PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 368 |
Release | 1858 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
Holstein-Friesian Herd-book
Title | Holstein-Friesian Herd-book PDF eBook |
Author | Holstein-Friesian Association of America |
Publisher | |
Pages | 1752 |
Release | 1924 |
Genre | Cattle |
ISBN |
The Lady's Monthly Museum
Title | The Lady's Monthly Museum PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 448 |
Release | 1802 |
Genre | English fiction |
ISBN |
Sing Without Shame
Title | Sing Without Shame PDF eBook |
Author | Kenneth David Jackson |
Publisher | John Benjamins Publishing |
Pages | 299 |
Release | 1990-01-01 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 902727827X |
This study of literary themes, linguistic practice and cultural traditions analyzes the oral traditions of Indo-Portugese creole verse, as a synthesis from European, African and Asian sources. This musical, dramatic and textual syncretism defines tradition within the group and maintains the identity of the creole community. References are primarily to Indian and Sri Lankan materials collected in the late nineteenth century and to data in the H. Nevill collection, an extensive manuscript of Sri Lankan Creole texts from the 1870s or 1880s, housed in the British Museum. The importance of these texts is linguistic, anthropological and sociological. They are persistent in their ability to give definition to creole culture, surviving in South Asia from the seventeenth century to the present.
The Lady's Monthly Museum, Or Polite Repository of Amusement and Instruction
Title | The Lady's Monthly Museum, Or Polite Repository of Amusement and Instruction PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 462 |
Release | 1802 |
Genre | |
ISBN |