Cry of Murder on Broadway: A Woman's Ruin and Revenge in Old New York

by Julie Miller

Book Overview

In Cry of Murder on Broadway, Julie Miller shows how a woman's desperate attempt at murder came to momentarily embody the anger and anxiety felt by many people at a time of economic and social upheaval and expanding expectations for equal rights.

On the evening of November 1, 1843, a young household servant named Amelia Norman attacked Henry Ballard, a prosperous merchant, on the steps of the new and luxurious Astor House Hotel. Agitated...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1501751484
• ISBN13: 9781501751486
• Release Date: October 2020
• Publisher: Three Hills
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher