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PARALLEL LIVES
PARALLEL LIVES
Subtitle:
A Social History of Lizzie A. Borden and Her Fall River
Book Category:
History > United States > State & Local > New England (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT)
Author:
Martins, Michael and Binette, Dennis A.
Binding:
Hardcover
ISBN 10:
0-9641248-1-5
ISBN 13:
978-0-9641248-1-3
Price:
USD 79.95
Publication Year:
2011

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Fall River Historical Society.

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Book Description

Parallel Lives provides a vivid portrait of Fall River, Massachusetts, during the 19th and early-20th centuries; against this backdrop, the story of Lizzie Borden unfolds. Parallel Lives marks a new era in the study of Fall River and its most notorious resident, Lizzie Borden. Drawing upon a treasure trove of new materials unearthed during nearly a decade of research, Martins and Binette demolish the many legends of Lizzie. What emerges from these pages is a fully realized portrait within the dense social web of Victorian Fall River: We finally see a flesh and blood woman inhabiting her world. And what a world it was! Fall River embodied the excesses and privation of the Gilded Age - all documented in painstaking detail. Instead of the drab setting for a murder mystery, Fall River emerges as a vibrant character in its own right. This wider social context makes Parallel Lives essential reading not only for local historians, but also for students of Victorian America. Profusely illustrated, it contains 5 new photos of Lizzie Borden and 40 pieces of her correspondence all previously unpublished. The work is unprecedented.

 

Book Review and Awards

Honorable Mention/Non-fiction - New England Book Festival 2011