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1892: “Lizzie Borden took an axe, gave her mother forty whacks. When she saw what she had done, she gave her father forty-one.”
The Borden Murders
What you need to know before your trail
On August 4, 1892, the murders of wealthy and prominent Andrew and Abby Borden shocked the small town of Fall Rivers in Massachusetts . The accused? Mild-mannered and highly respected Lizzie Borden, daughter of Andrew and stepdaughter of Abby. Most of what is known about Lizzie s arrest and subsequent trial (and acquittal) comes from sensationalized newspaper reports; as Miller sorts fact from fiction, and as a legal battle gets under way, a gripping portrait of a woman and a town emerges.
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Fall River MA
This was the town where the infamous events of 1892 when Lizzie Borden was put on trial for the murder of her stepmother Abby and her father. She remained the prime suspect up until her death in 1927 and no one else was ever convicted of the crime . She could never live a normal life however since she was practically ostracized by the locals
The book looks into her past – her early trauma following her mother’s death and her cruel sister who turns Lizzie against their stepmother. Added to this a hard and lonely life made worse by the miserly habits of her father and Lizzie lived a world of torment. They were well off in those days but the father chose to live without running water and other luxuries of the time.
Booktrail Boarding Pass Information: The Borden Murders
Author/Guide: Sarah Elizabeth Miller Destination: Fall River Departure Time: 1892
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