The Missing Corpse: Grave Robbing a Gilded Age Tycoon

by Wayne Fanebust

The grave robbing of one of the country's wealthiest Gilded Age merchants--Alexander T. Stewart, the Merchant Prince of Manhattan--set off a firestorm in the media, and one of the most celebrated police investigations in the city's history. Immortalized in Mark Twain's humorous story, The Stolen White Elephant, this crime captured the imagination of the American public. Against the backdrop of high society Manhattan, and Gilded Age decadence, this...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275987620
• ISBN13: 9780275987626
• Release Date: October 2005
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.6"