An edition of Prince of quacks: the notorious life of Dr. Francis Tumblety, charlatan and Jack the Ripper suspect (2009)

Prince of quacks

the notorious life of Dr. Francis Tumblety, Charlatan and Jack the Ripper suspect

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Prince of quacks
Timothy B. Riordan, Timothy B. ...
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An edition of Prince of quacks: the notorious life of Dr. Francis Tumblety, charlatan and Jack the Ripper suspect (2009)

Prince of quacks

the notorious life of Dr. Francis Tumblety, Charlatan and Jack the Ripper suspect

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"This biography of nineteenth century doctor Francis Tumblety. The doctor's exploits include arrests for complicity in the Lincoln assassination, for selling abortion drugs, for killing patients, and for indecent assault, and scrutiny as a possible suspect in the "Jack the Ripper" murders. Tumblety's sheen of respectability appeared crafted to cover his homosexuality and his provocative fields of practice"--Provided by publisher.

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McFarland & Co., Publishers
Language
English
Pages
240

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Subjects

Biography, Criminals, Irish Americans, Assassination, Quacks and quackery

People

Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), Jack the Ripper, Francis Tumblety (1830-1903)

Places

United States

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2009, McFarland & Co., Publishers
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2009, McFarland & Co., Publishers
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Table of Contents

Early life (1830-1856)
Practicing in Toronto (1856-1857)
Montreal troubles (1857-1858)
Back in Toronto (1858-1859)
Manslaughter in St. John (1859-1860)
Travels in the East (1860-1861)
Civil War Washington (1861-1863)
A year in Brooklyn (1863-1864)
Arrest in St. Louis (1865)
Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, and back to Brooklyn (1866-1869)
Europe and the West (1869-1873)
English interlude (1873-1880)
New York City years (1880-1888)
Whitechapel murders (1888)
The aftermath in New York (1888-1890)
Retirement (1891-1903)
Final act (1903-1910).

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-229) and index.

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Jefferson, N.C
Genre
Biography

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
615.8/56092, B
Library of Congress
CT275.T936 R56 2009

The Physical Object

Pagination
ix, 240 p. :
Number of pages
240

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL24116153M
ISBN 13
9780786444335
LCCN
2009028704
OCLC/WorldCat
386707580

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