Hanging of Susanna Cox: The True Story of Pennsylvania’s Most Notorious Infanticide and the Legend That’s Kept It Alive eBook

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• Investigation into a child’s gruesome murder • New findings on a justice system that failed a young woman • The real story behind the legend The unfortunate Susanna Cox gained notoriety for killing her illegitimate infant son. The fatal episode led tosylvania, in 1809, the last public execution of a woman in the commonwealth. But was Susanna really the culprit? The legend of her fate, repeated in Pennsylvania German broadsides by the generations that followed, suggests she herself was a victim. Now, in this first full-length investigation into the tragedy, new evidence reveals some startling facts about how indifference, an undeveloped court system, and the inexact science of nineteenth-century forensics combined to determine Susanna’s tragic fate. A full look at how Susanna’s “sad song” became romanticized through broadside ballads follows, complete with illustrations.

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Hanging of Susanna Cox: The True Story of Pennsylvania’s Most Notorious Infanticide and the Legend That’s Kept It Alive is written by Patricia Earnest Suter; Russell Earnest; Earnest Corrine and published by Stackpole Books (NBN). The Digital and eTextbook ISBNs for Hanging of Susanna Cox are 9780811740586, 0811740587 and the print ISBNs are 9780811705608, 0811705609.