| Death of a Mill Girl: A Josiah Beede Mystery Contributor(s): Linsley, Clyde (Author) |
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ISBN: 1440125015 ISBN-13: 9781440125010 Publisher: iUniverse OUR PRICE: $15.26 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2009 Annotation: Once again, after many years, here is the first book in the critically acclaimed Josiah Beede series of historical mysteries. Critics praised its "richly realized setting and period details, impeccable plotting, and a wise hero made more appealing by his foibles." Set in New England in 1836, the story concerns the murder of a beautiful young girl, one of many, hired to work like slaves in the new textile mills spawned by the Industrial Revolution. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Mystery & Detective - Historical - Fiction | Historical - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.65" H x 5" W x 8" (0.69 lbs) 288 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1800-1850 - Cultural Region - New England - Geographic Orientation - New Hampshire |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Once again, after many years, here is the first book in the critically acclaimed Josiah Beede series of historical mysteries. Critics praised its "richly realized setting and period details, impeccable plotting, and a wise hero made more appealing by his foibles." Set in New England in 1836, the story concerns the murder of a beautiful young girl, one of many, hired to work like slaves in the new textile mills spawned by the Industrial Revolution. |