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Alice + Freda forever : a murder in Memphis / Alexis Coe ; with illustrations by Sally Klann. by Coe, Alexis. PULP, an imprint of Zest Books, [2014] Call #: 306.766309 C672a Subjects Mitchell, Alice, active 19th century.   Ward, Freda, -1892.   Murder -- Tennessee -- Memphis -- History -- 19th century.   Lesbian couples -- Tennessee -- Memphis -- History -- 19th century.   Homosexuality -- United States -- Public opinion -- 19th century.   Teenage girls -- Tennessee -- Memphis -- Biography.   Trials (Murder) -- Tennessee -- Memphis -- History -- 19th century.   Insanity (Law) -- United States -- History -- 19th century.   Memphis (Tenn.) -- History -- 19th century. ISBN:  9781936976607 (hc.) 1936976609 (hc.) Alternate title:  Alice plus Freda forever : a murder in Memphis Alice and Freda forever : a murder in Memphis Alice & Freda forever : a murder in Memphis Description:  223 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references (pages 194-199) and index. Contents:  Girl slays girl. I don't care if I'm hung! ; The great drama ; Mr. and Mrs. Alvin J. Ward ; Price the pistols ; I thought you were a lady ; You told and I did too -- A most shocking crime. Erotomania ; Maiden purity ; Delicate hands, horrible deed ; Attendance even greater than opening day ; Quite a flirt ; Fair Lillie ; The old thread-bare lie -- Lunacy. The hypothetical case ; Vicarious menstruation ; An impossible idea ; Her own best witness -- The last of Alice Mitchell. That story was never printed. Summary:  "In 1892, America was obsessed with a teenage murderess, but it wasn't her crime that shocked the nation--it was her motivation. Nineteen-year-old Alice Mitchell had planned to pass as a man in order to marry her seventeen-year-old fiancée Freda Ward, but when their love letters were discovered, they were forbidden from ever speaking again. Freda adjusted to this fate with an ease that stunned a heartbroken Alice. Her desperation grew with each unanswered letter--and her father's razor soon went missing. On January 25, Alice publicly slashed her ex-fiancée's throat. Her same-sex love was deemed insane by her father that very night, and medical experts agreed. This was a dangerous and incurable perversion. As the courtroom was expanded to accommodate national interest, Alice spent months in jail--including the night that three of her fellow prisoners were lynched (an event which captured the attention of journalist and civil rights activist Ida B. Wells). After a jury of "the finest men in Memphis" declared Alice insane, she was remanded to an asylum, where she died under mysterious circumstances just a few years later. Alice + Freda Forever recounts this tragic, real-life love story with over 100 illustrated love letters, maps, artifacts, historical documents, newspaper articles, courtroom proceedings, and intimate, domestic scenes--painting a vivid picture of a sadly familiar world."--Publisher's website. Genre:  True crime. Other authors:  Klann, Sally. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Central Library Adult Nonfiction 306.766309 C672a Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList Halifax North Memorial Public Library Adult Nonfiction 306.766309 C672a Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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