The Hanging of Betsey Reed: A Wabash River Tragedy on the Illinois Frontier
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ISBN:
0-7414-4022-9
©2007
Price:
$15.95
Book Size:
5.5'' x 8.5''
, 258 pages
Category/Subject:
FICTION / Historical
In 1845 twenty thousand people gathered in Lawrenceville, Illinois, to witness the hanging of Betsey Reed for poisoning her husband. Considered a witch by some, a victim by others; this is her story.
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Abstract:
In 1845, twenty thousand people gathered in Lawrenceville, Illinois, to witness the hanging of Elizabeth “Betsey” Reed. Convicted of murdering her husband by serving him a cup of arsenic-laced sassafras tea, she became the first and only woman ever to be hanged in the State of Illinois. Despised by the mob and considered a witch by many, she rode to the gallows sitting atop her coffin, singing hymns of praise. Was she a murderess or a victim of her own reputation? Based on actual events, The Hanging of Betsey Reed is a tale of treachery and deceit on the Illinois frontier.
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