Fatal Fortune: The Death of Chicago's Millionaire Orphan - Rilegato

McConnell, Virginia A.

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ISBN 10: 0275984737 ISBN 13: 9780275984731

Casa editrice: Praeger Pub Text, 2005

Riassunto

In December 1924, a 21-year-old millionaire orphan, William "Billy" McClintock, died of an unusually virulent form of typhoid. He was mourned by his financee, Isabelle Pope, who sought unsuccessfully to rally her love by marrying him on his deathbed. Shortly after Billy's funeral, questions arose as to the cause of death, with insinuations of foul play. After reaching his majority and inheriting his estate in April, McClintock had signed a will drafted by one of his guardians, lawyer William D. Shepherd--a will which left everything to Shepherd, but only if Billy died before his planned February 1925 wedding to Ms. Pope. Ultimately, Shepherd and his wife Julie were accused of killing not only Billy McClintock, but Billy's mother and a doctor friend of the family.

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L'autore:

Virginia A. McConnell, a native of Syracuse, New York, has degrees from The College of the St. Rose, Purdue University, and Golden State University Law School. She currently teaches English, Literature, and Speech at Walla Walla Community College's Clarkston Center in Clarkston, Washington. Her other books include Arsenic Under the Elms: Murder in Victorian New Haven (Praeger, 1999) andSympathy for the Devil: The Emmanuel Baptist Murders of Old San Francisco (Praeger, 2001).

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• Editore: Praeger Pub Text
• Data di pubblicazione: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0275984737
• ISBN 13: 9780275984731
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 173