The blackest bird : a novel of history and murder
Rose, Joel2008
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In the New York City summer of 1841, 'Segar Girl' Mary Rogers is brutally murdered. Popular amongst the city's journalistic and publishing elite, the task of finding her killer falls to High Constable Jacob Hays, already embroiled in establishing law and order over the gangs who run rampant through the Five Points.
Main title:
The blackest bird : a novel of history and murder / Joel Rose.
Author:
Imprint:
Edinburgh : Canongate, 2008.
Collation:
479 p. : maps ; 20 cm.
Notes:
Originally published: New York: W.W. Norton; Edinburgh: Canongate, 2007.
ISBN:
9781847670588 (pbk)
Dewey class:
813.54MF
Language:
English
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BRN:
36242