[Complete] The Fall River Tragedy by Edwin H. Porter - lt

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The Fall River Tragedy by Edwin H. Porter (~1864 - 1904).

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The story of how Lizzie Borden supposedly murdered her parents has passed into American folklore, partly thanks to the albeit inaccurate playground rhyme, "Lizzie Borden took an axe, and gave her mother 40 whacks. When she saw what she had done, she gave her father 41." Here we have the 'true' story, as reported by the local police reporter who attended the trial and lived only streets away from the Borden home with his young wife. After the trial, Porter 'disappeared' and it was widely speculated he had either been murdered or bribed to disappear in order to suppress the book. His reappearance some time later put paid to the first theory. After his death at age 39 from tuberculosis, a new theory emerged, that he had been away for treatment while keeping his illness secret. Meanwhile, the trial itself was noteworthy for several reasons: it was one of the first to be followed by nationwide press, providing a template for today's tabloid and cable coverage of major trials; it also had some distinguished personnel: one of the prosecutors, Frank Moody, later became the attorney general of the United States and was appointed to the Supreme Court by President Theodore Roosevelt; and Borden’s defense attorney, George Robinson, was the former governor of Massachusetts. The appearance of Professor Wood of Harvard University was an early use of an expert witness at trial.( Lynne Thompson)
  • Text source (only read from this text!): http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/57939
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  • Link to author on Wikipedia (if available): (Edwin H. Porter) : n/a
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  • Number of sections (files) this project will have: 33
  • Does the project have an introduction or preface [y/n]: Yes
  • Original publication date (if known): 1893
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Genres for the project: *Non-fiction/True Crime

Keywords that describe the book: Crime, trial, court, murderer, borden, murders, axe

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May I DPL for you?
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linny wrote: September 28th, 2018, 8:16 am May I DPL for you?
Great... thank you.
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Post by Lynnet »

I have uploaded the preface and chapter 1.
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Both are PL OK. You are off to a great start. :D
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Chapter 3 is ready for PL.
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Post by linny »

Chapter 2-4 are all PL OK.

Did you see the TV mini-series a few years ago? I'm interested in how much this text will mirror it.
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Chapter 5 is ready for PL.
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Post by linny »

Sorry for the delay. Both chapters 5 and 6 are PL OK.
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linny wrote: October 19th, 2018, 8:04 am Sorry for the delay.
Not to worry. I was gone for a week with a family emergency. Thankfully no one hacked to death :shock: but it was scary for a while. Hopefully all is sorted out now, but going back late next week for extra support.
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Chapter 7 is ready for PL.
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Post by linny »

My goodness, Lynne. I'm so sorry to hear about your family. I hope recovery is going well.

Chapter 7 is PL OK.
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linny wrote: October 22nd, 2018, 2:20 pm My goodness, Lynne. I'm so sorry to hear about your family. I hope recovery is going well.

Chapter 7 is PL OK.
The "no one hacked to death" was referring to this project 8-)
The family emergency was following the arrival of my (first) grandchild... her mom was very poorly and in and out of hospital for a week. I was on granny duty... I had a ball, but obviously worried about my daughter-in-law. That's all under control, but she'd dealing with post-partum depression now, following the physical problems she had.
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Post by linny »

Sounds like a very worrisome time. At least now they know what postpartum depression is and can help her.

I'm glad you are close enough to get your granny time in. Congratulations on your new role! :9:
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Chapter 8 is ready for PL.
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