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Barcode37821002536759
StatusChecked Out
LocationMarshall District
TitleThe girl from Greenwich Street : a novel of Hamilton, Burr, and America's first murder trial / Lauren Willig.
AuthorWillig, Lauren, author.
Call NoFIC WIL
CollectionAdult New Arrivals
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FIC WIL Due on 3/22/2025  

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International Standard Book Number 9780063306110
International Standard Book Number 0063306115
Dewey Decimal Classification Number 813
Personal Name Willig, Lauren, author.
Title Statement The girl from Greenwich Street : a novel of Hamilton, Burr, and America's first murder trial / Lauren Willig.
Edition Statement First edition.
Imprint New York : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2025
Physical Description 340 pages ; 24 cm.
Summary, Etc. "Based on the true story of a famous trial, this novel is Law and Order: 1800, as Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr investigate the shocking murder of a young woman who everyone--and no one--seemed to know. At the start of a new century, a shocking murder transfixes Manhattan, forcing bitter rivals Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr to work together to save a man from the gallows. Just before Christmas 1799, Elma Sands slips out of her Quaker cousin's boarding house--and doesn't come home. Has she eloped? Run away? No one knows--until her body appears in the Manhattan Well. Her family insists they know who killed her. Handbills circulate around the city accusing a carpenter named Levi Weeks of seducing and murdering Elma. But privately, quietly, Levi's wealthy brother calls in a special favor.... Aaron Burr's legal practice can't finance both his expensive tastes and his ambition to win the 1800 New York elections. To defend Levi Weeks is a double win: a hefty fee plus a chance to grab headlines. Alexander Hamilton has his own political aspirations; he isn't going to let Burr monopolize the public's attention. If Burr is defending Levi Weeks, then Hamilton will too. As the trial and the election draw near, Burr and Hamilton race against time to save a man's life--and destroy each other. Part murder mystery, part thriller, part true crime, The Girl From Greenwich Street revisits a dark corner of history--with a surprising twist ending that reveals the true story of the woman at the center of the tale." -- Provided by publisher.
Subject-Personal Name Burr, Aaron, 1756-1836 Fiction.
Subject-Personal Name Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804 Fiction.
Subject-Personal Name Weeks, Levi Trials, litigation, etc. Fiction.
Subject-Personal Name Sands, Gulielma Death and burial Fiction.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Murder Investigation New York (State) New York. Fiction.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Trials (Murder) New York (State) New York History 19th century Fiction.
Index Term-Genre/Form Biographical fiction.
Index Term-Genre/Form Detective and mystery fiction.
Index Term-Genre/Form Historical fiction.
Index Term-Genre/Form Legal fiction (Literature)

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