The Beautiful Cigar Girl: Mary Rogers, Edgar Allan Poe, and the Invention of Murder

by Daniel Stashower | Mystery & Thrillers |
ISBN: 9780425217825 Global Overview for this book
Registered by rampallion of Evanston, Illinois USA on 6/20/2009
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Journal Entry 1 by rampallion from Evanston, Illinois USA on Saturday, June 20, 2009
Explanation of how and why Edgar Allan Poe based one of his stories on an actual crime.

I am grateful to this author for teaching me the expression "Let's liquor," which he says was in common usage in the 1840s. No wonder Poe had troubles with alcohol.

It's always interesting to learn about the daily lives of people in another time and place. I was surprised that hiring a young, pretty woman to serve as a clerk in a cigar store was considered scandalous, yet one of the bartenders questioned during the investigation could not testify in court because HE WAS TWELVE YEARS OLD. (His mother testified on his behalf.)

Stashower has also written a Conan Doyle bio and several mysteries.

Journal Entry 2 by rampallion at Cafe Mozart in Evanston, Illinois USA on Monday, June 22, 2009

Released 14 yrs ago (6/23/2009 UTC) at Cafe Mozart in Evanston, Illinois USA

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Bringing to the Meetup Tuesday night at 6:30. If there are no takers, I'll leave this in the front window OR on the bookshelf that's in the condiments area across from the register.

Journal Entry 3 by Amusedbythis from Chicago, Illinois USA on Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Received at meet up. Thanks

Released 12 yrs ago (4/4/2011 UTC) at Northwestern Memorial Hospital (see release notes for details) in Chicago, Illinois USA

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In parking lot on St. Clair, north elevator.

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