{"product_id":"beauchampe-or-the-kentucky-tragedy-william-gilmore-simms-9781611170610","title":"Beauchampe; Or, the Kentucky Tragedy: A Sequel to Charlemont","description":"\u003cp\u003eEarly in the morning of 7 November 1825, in the town of Frankfort, KY, a young lawyer named Jereboam O. Beauchamp crept to the house of the state attorney general, Solomon P. Sharp, and stabbed him to death. The murder was orchestrated to avenge the honor of Anna Cook, Beauchamp's wife, who as a single woman had been seduced, impregnated, and abandoned by Sharp. The event was a national sensation immediately following its discovery and Beauchamp's capture days later. Following Cook and Beauchamp's failed joint suicide attempt and the latter's subsequent execution, the event has entered the realm of legend and come to be referred to as the \"Kentucky Tragedy.\" As such, it has inspired a variety of literary treatments from its own time to the present.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs opposed to the largely fictional first volume, \u003ci\u003eCharlemont\u003c\/i\u003e, this second volume stays very close to the historical record of the murder and aftermath.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e William Gilmore Simms\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1611170613\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781611170610\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of South Carolina Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/30\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 440\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.41lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.98d","brand":"William Gilmore Simms","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48445432103167,"sku":"9781611170610","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f8918097-6409-45f4-8953-6c755b983cfc.jpg?v=1777218535","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/beauchampe-or-the-kentucky-tragedy-william-gilmore-simms-9781611170610","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}