Notorious Woman: The Celebrated Case of Myra Clark Gaines Contributor(s): Alexander, Elizabeth Urban (Author) |
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ISBN: 0807130249 ISBN-13: 9780807130247 Publisher: LSU Press OUR PRICE: $23.70 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2004 Annotation: The legal crusade of Myra Clark Gaines (1804?-1885) has all the trappings of classic melodrama--a lost heir, a missing will, an illicit relationship, a questionable marriage, a bigamous husband, and a murder. For a half-century the daughter of New Orleans millionaire Daniel Clark struggled to justify her claim to his enormous fortune in a case that captivated the nineteenth-century public. Elizabeth Urban Alexander tap voluminous court records and letters in her gripping account of the longest continuous litigation in U.S. history, a case considered seventeen times by the Supreme Court. |
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BISAC Categories: - Law | Legal History - History | United States - State & Local - South (al,ar,fl,ga,ky,la,ms,nc,sc,tn,va,wv) - History | United States - 19th Century |
Dewey: B |
LCCN: 2001033449 |
Series: Southern Biography (Paperback) |
Physical Information: 0.92" H x 6.48" W x 8.86" (1.01 lbs) 301 pages |
Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
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Publisher Description: The legal crusade of Myra Clark Gaines (1804?--1885) has all the trappings of classic melodrama -- a lost heir, a missing will, an illicit relationship, a questionable marriage, a bigamous husband, and a murder. For a half century the daughter of New Orleans millionaire Daniel Clark struggled to justify her claim to his enormous fortune in a case that captivated the nineteenth-century public. Elizabeth Urban Alexander taps voluminous court records and letters to unravel the twists and turns of Gaines's litigation and reveal the truth behind the mysterious saga of this notorious woman. |