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100 1 $aStashower, Daniel.
245 14 $aThe beautiful cigar girl :$bMary Rogers, Edgar Allan Poe, and the invention of murder /$cDaniel Stashower.
260 $aNew York :$bDutton,$cc2006.
300 $aviii, 326 p. :$bill. ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 311-315) and index.
520 $aTraces the July 1841 murder investigation that was marked by sensational media coverage and the debut of Edgar Allen Poe, whose short stories "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" and "The Mystery of Marie Roget" associated him with the crime.
505 0 $aPrologue : descent into maelstrom -- 1. A gallant gay Lothario -- 2. I tremble for the consequence -- 3. Left home on Sunday -- 4. Very clever with his pen -- 5. A person of chastity -- 6. The dead house -- 7. The sable divinity of night -- 8. The committee of concerned citizens -- 9. A most notorious scoundrel -- 10. The lost hour -- 11. Crackpots and gossipists -- 12. The murder thicket -- 13. A somewhat wasted heart -- 14. A wave of crimson -- 15. A series of coincidences -- 16. A mansion built on baby skulls -- 17. The vanishing rowboat -- 18. At variance with truth -- 19. It may not be improper to record -- 20. The imp of the perverse -- Epilogue : one last wild cry.
600 10 $aPoe, Edgar Allan,$d1809-1849.$tMystery of Marie Roget$xSources.
650 0 $aDetective and mystery stories, American$xHistory and criticism.
600 10 $aRogers, Mary,$d1820-1841.
650 0 $aMurder$zNew York (State)$zNew York$xHistory$y19th century.
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