{"product_id":"the-enigma-woman-kathleen-a-cairns-9780803224506","title":"The Enigma Woman: The Death Sentence of Nellie May Madison","description":"\"Crack shot.\" \"Enigma woman.\" \"Good with ponies and pistols.\" \"A much-married woman.\"\u003cbr\u003eWhat if such an unconventional woman--and the press unanimously agreed that Nellie May Madison was indeed unconventional--were to get away with murder? Shortly after her husband's bullet-riddled body was found in the couple's Burbank apartment, police issued an all-points bulletin for the \"beautiful, dark-haired widow.\" The ensuing drama unfolded with all the twists and turns of a noir crime novel. In this intriguing cultural history, Kathleen A. Cairns tells the tale of Nellie May Madison, the first woman on Death Row in California. Her story offers a glimpse into law and disorder in 1930s Los Angeles while bringing to life a remarkable character whose plight reflects on the status of women, the workings of the media and the judiciary system, and the stratification of society in her time. Cairns's re-creation of the case from murder to trial to aftermath also casts an eye forward to our own love-hate affair with celebrity crimes and our abiding ambivalence about domestic violence as a defense for murder.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kathleen a. Cairns\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0803224508\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780803224506\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bison Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 328\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.84lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.54h x 6.44w x 0.65d","brand":"Kathleen a. Cairns","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43947198382335,"sku":"9780803224506","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_9c75731c-2652-403e-9dc7-99250c235743.jpg?v=1681517306","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-enigma-woman-kathleen-a-cairns-9780803224506","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}