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The lady of Sing Sing : an American countess, an Italian immigrant, and their epic battle for justice in New York's Gilded Age / Idanna Pucci.
"In 1895, an Italian seamstress in New York was accused of killing the man who had raped her, promised to marry her, and was about to abandon her. Following a sensational trial conducted in a language she could not understand, Maria Barbella, at the age of twenty-two, became the first woman sentenced to die in the newly invented electric chair. Idanna Pucci tells this story with immediacy, passion and authority that no other author could have mustered, since Pucci is the great-granddaughter of Cora Slocomb, the American-born Italian aristocrat whose ingenious advocacy saved Maria's life. The result is not only a crime story with all the fury and pathos of classic opera, but a perceptive study of an earlier generation's attitudes toward immigrants, capital punishment, and a woman's right to reject the role of victim"-- Provided by publisher.
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- ISBN: 9781982139315
- ISBN: 1982139315
- Physical Description: xxii, 282 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition: First Tiller Press hardcover edition.
- Publisher: New York : Tiller Press, 2020.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "Originally published in Italy in 1993 by Longanesi & Co. as Il Fuoco dell'Anima"--Verso. Also published in English in 1996 by Four Walls Eight Windows as: The trials of Maria Barbella : the true story of a 19th century crime of passion. |
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- 2 of 2 copies available at Lehigh Valley Library System.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allentown Public Library | 364.1523 PUCC (Text) | 34455006680009 | Adult Nonfiction 2nd FL | Available | - |
| Bethlehem Main Library | f (Text) | 33062009282485 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
