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050 00 $aPS2618.M83$bS73 2006
082 00 $a813/.3$222
100 1 $aStashower, Daniel.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n84150303
245 14 $aThe beautiful cigar girl :$bMary Rogers, Edgar Allan Poe, and the invention of murder /$cDaniel Stashower.
260 $aNew York :$bDutton,$c[2006], ©2006.
300 $aviii, 326 pages ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 311-315) and index.
505 00 $tPrologue : descent into maelstrom -- $g1.$tA gallant gay Lothario -- $g2.$tI tremble for the consequence -- $g3.$tLeft home on Sunday -- $g4.$tVery clever with his pen -- $g5.$tA person of chastity -- $g6.$tThe dead house -- $g7.$tThe sable divinity of night -- $g8.$tThe committee of concerned citizens -- $g9.$tA most notorious scoundrel -- $g10.$tThe lost hour -- $g11.$tCrackpots and gossipists -- $g12.$tThe murder thicket -- $g13.$tA somewhat wasted heart -- $g14.$tA wave of crimson -- $g15.$tA series of coincidences -- $g16.$tA mansion built on baby skulls -- $g17.$tThe vanishing rowboat -- $g18.$tAt variance with truth -- $g19.$tIt may not be improper to record -- $g20.$tThe imp of the perverse -- $tEpilogue : one last wild cry.
600 10 $aPoe, Edgar Allan,$d1809-1849.$tMystery of Marie Roget$vSources.
650 0 $aDetective and mystery stories, American$xHistory and criticism.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008102216
600 10 $aRogers, Mary,$d1820-1841.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n94093748
650 0 $aMurder$zNew York (State)$zNew York$xHistory$y19th century.
852 00 $bglx$hPS2618.M83$iS73 2006