{"product_id":"cry-of-murder-on-broadway-julie-miller-9781501751486","title":"Cry of Murder on Broadway: A Woman's Ruin and Revenge in Old New York","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eCry of Murder on Broadway\u003c\/i\u003e, Julie Miller shows how a woman's desperate attempt at murder came to momentarily embody the anger and anxiety felt by many people at a time of economic and social upheaval and expanding expectations for equal rights.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn the evening of November 1, 1843, a young household servant named Amelia Norman attacked Henry Ballard, a prosperous merchant, on the steps of the new and luxurious Astor House Hotel. Agitated and distraught, Norman had followed Ballard down Broadway before confronting him at the door to the hotel. Taking out a folding knife, she stabbed him, just missing his heart. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBallard survived the attack, and the trial that followed created a sensation. Newspapers in New York and beyond followed the case eagerly, and crowds filled the courtroom every day. The prominent author and abolitionist Lydia Maria Child championed Norman and later included her story in her fiction and her writing on women's rights. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe would-be murderer also attracted the support of politicians, journalists, and legal and moral reformers who saw her story as a vehicle to change the law as it related to \"seduction\" and to advocate for the rights of workers. \u003ci\u003eCry of Murder on Broadway\u003c\/i\u003e describes how New Yorkers, besotted with the drama of the courtroom and the lurid stories of the penny press, followed the trial for entertainment. Throughout all this, Norman gained the sympathy of New Yorkers, in particular the jury, which acquitted her in less than ten minutes. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMiller deftly weaves together Norman's story to show how, in one violent moment, she expressed all the anger that the women of the emerging movement for women's rights would soon express in words.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Julie Miller\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1501751484\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781501751486\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Three Hills\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/15\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.38w x 0.93d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2020 pg. 82","brand":"Julie Miller","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43990814130431,"sku":"9781501751486","price":28.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_260598e5-a246-4cf7-b317-c4d94102e7b6.jpg?v=1683306841","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/cry-of-murder-on-broadway-julie-miller-9781501751486","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}