Modern Medea: Family, Slavery & Child-Murder, Old South by S Weisenburger HC/DJ

Regroovablebooks
(44194)
Seller's other items
Contact seller
US $4.00
ApproximatelyRM 16.86
Condition:
Like New
Breathe easy. Returns accepted.
Hurry before it's gone. 1 person is watching this item.
Pickup:
Free local pickup from Woburn, Massachusetts, United States.
Shipping:
US $4.40 (approx RM 18.54) USPS Media MailTM.
Located in: Woburn, Massachusetts, United States
Delivery:
Estimated between Tue, 14 Oct and Mon, 20 Oct to 94104
Delivery time is estimated using our proprietary method which is based on the buyer's proximity to the item location, the shipping service selected, the seller's shipping history, and other factors. Delivery times may vary, especially during peak periods.
Returns:
30 days return. Buyer pays for return shipping. If you use an eBay shipping label, it will be deducted from your refund amount.
Coverage:
Read item description or contact seller for details. See all detailsSee all details on coverage
(Not eligible for eBay purchase protection programmes)
Seller assumes all responsibility for this listing.
eBay item number:395250476908

Item specifics

Condition
Like New: A book in excellent condition. Cover is shiny and undamaged, and the dust jacket is ...
ISBN
9780809069538
Category

About this product

Product Identifiers

Publisher
Farrar, Straus & Giroux
ISBN-10
0809069539
ISBN-13
9780809069538
eBay Product ID (ePID)
986224

Product Key Features

Book Title
Modern Medea : a Family Story of Slavery and Child-Murder from the Old South
Number of Pages
288 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
1998
Topic
United States / General, Criminology
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Social Science, History
Author
Steven Weisenburger
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
1.3 in
Item Weight
22.6 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in

Additional Product Features

LCCN
98-015565
Dewey Decimal
[B]
Synopsis
In the middle of a frigid Sunday night in January 1856, a twenty-two-year-old Kentucky slave named Margaret Gamer gathered up her family and raced north, toward Cincinnati and freedom. But Margaret's master followed just hours behind and soon had the fugitives surrounded. Thinking all was lost, Margaret seized a butcher knife and nearly decapitated her two-year-old daughter, crying out that she would rather see her children dead than returned to slavery. She was turning on her other three children when slave catchers burst in and subdued her.Margaret Garner's child-murder electrified the United States, inspiring the longest, most spectacular fugitive-slave trial in history. Abolitionists and slaveholders fought over the meaning of the murder, and the case came to symbolize the ills of the Union in those last dark decades before the Civil War. Newspaper columnists, poets, and dramatists raced to interpret Margaret's deeds, but by the century's end they were all but forgotten. Steven Weisenburger is the first scholar to delve into this astonishing story in more than a century. Weisenburger integrates his innovative archival discoveries into a dramatic narrative that paints a nuanced portrait of the not-so-genteel Southern culture of slavery and its destructive effect on all who lived in and with it.
LC Classification Number
E450.G225W45 1998

Item description from the seller

About this seller

Regroovablebooks

96.5% positive feedback•94K items sold

Joined Aug 1999
Books, books and more books! I am an avid collector and have been selling on Ebay for many years. Signed books, First Editions, ARC, Journals, Textbooks, Hardcovers, Paperbacks, Rare books and much ...
See more
Visit storeContact

Detailed Seller Ratings

Average for the last 12 months
Accurate description
4.8
Reasonable shipping cost
4.8
Shipping speed
4.9
Communication
4.8

Popular categories from this store

See allcategories
ActingAddictionAgricultureAirplanesAnimalsAnthropologyAntiquarianAntiquesARC Advanced Reader Copy

Seller feedback (46,495)

All ratings
Positive
Neutral
Negative
See all feedback

More to explore :