Murder of Dr. Chapman The Legendary Trials of Lucretia Chapman and Her Lover

Name: Murder of Dr. Chapman The Legendary Trials of Lucretia Chapman and Her Lover
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ISBN: 9780060196233

ISBN-10: 0060196238

ISBN-13: 9780060196233

Edition: 2004

Authors: Linda Wolfe

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In The Murder of Dr. Chapman, acclaimed true-crime journalist Linda Wolfe brings to life the long-forgotten story of three tragic individuals whose fate once rocked America. Enterprising and ambitious, Lucretia Winslow Chapman had aspirations that exceeded those of many early-nineteenth-century women. An accomplished teacher, she founded at the age of twenty-nine one of Philadelphia's first boarding schools for girls. A year later, her school a success, she married a prominent local scientist, William Chapman, and with him had five children, all while helping her husband with his scientific endeavors and continuing to teach. But Lucretia's energy (termed "masculine" at the time)…

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List price: $23.95
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 304
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.50" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Bucks County, Pennsylvania - June 1831


Cape Cod and Philadelphia - 1804-1818


Marriage - 1819-1828


Lino - 1829-1830


Bucks County, Pennsylvania - June 1831


Betrayal - July 1831


Departures - August-Mid-September 1831


Friends and Foes - Late September-Early December 1831


Pennsylvania v. Lucretia Chapman, Part One Mid-December 1831-Mid-February 1832


Pennsylvania v. Lucretia Chapman, Part Two February 22-25, 1832


"Yesterday I Was a Wonder" - April-June 1832


Epilogue


Endnotes


Bibliography