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The scandalous Hamiltons

The scandalous Hamiltons

Shaffer, Bill.
Book 2022

A sordid tale of bigamy, bribery, sex, and violence, set in the Gilded Age, explores the ill-fated saga of Ray, an Alexander Hamilton heir, and his wife, a con artist who tricked him into marriage using an abandoned infant, and who went to prison for stabbing their baby nurse.

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Deception New York (State) New York
Hamilton, Robert Ray, 1851-1890
Married people New York (State) New York Biography
New York (N.Y.) History 1898-1951 Biography
Scandals New York (State) New York
Tabloid newspapers New York (State) New York
Trials (Assault and battery) New York (State)
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ISBN:
9780806542256
Description:
viii, 312 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Notes:
"A Gilded Age grifter, a Founding Father's disgraced descendant, and a trial at the dawn of tabloid journalism"--Cover
Includes bibliographical references and index
Control Number:
3206363
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