{"product_id":"the-fall-river-hatchet-cordelia-welch-9798294222642","title":"The Fall River Hatchet: The True Story of Lizzie Borden, the Murders That Haunted America, and the Trial That Tore Victorian Morality Apart","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe story of the Borden Murders, the Scandal of 1892, and the Woman Who May Have Gotten Away with Murder\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOn a summer morning in 1892, the quiet New England town of Fall River awoke to a scene of unspeakable horror.\u003cbr\u003eWealthy businessman Andrew Borden and his wife Abby were found brutally hacked to death in their home, their skulls split with an axe in a frenzy of violence that stunned the nation. But it wasn't just the murders that captured the public's imagination, it was the identity of the prime suspect: Lizzie Borden, the prim and proper Sunday school teacher who called them \"Father\" and \"Stepmother.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSuddenly, the genteel façade of Victorian respectability cracked wide open. What followed was one of the most sensational murder trials in American history, a media circus that pitted family loyalty against forensic evidence, pious innocence against cold-blooded rage. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eWas Lizzie a misunderstood spinster caught in the storm of suspicion? Or was she a calculating killer who struck twice and changed her clothes before anyone could react?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Fall River Hatchet\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e unearths the raw truth behind the myth, dissecting the social tensions, hidden rivalries, and psychological fractures that may have driven someone to kill. With meticulous research and vivid storytelling, this gripping narrative takes you deep inside the Borden household-the secrets, the tensions, the locked doors and whispered threats. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the chilling discovery of the bodies to the shocking verdict that left a nation divided, this is the definitive story of Lizzie Borden. A tale of wealth, repression, madness, and murder in a time when a woman holding an axe was more unthinkable than the crime itself. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eForget the rhyme you think you know, this is the true story behind the blade.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Cordelia Welch\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798294222642\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/26\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 120\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.28lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.25d","brand":"Cordelia Welch","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47305749070079,"sku":"9798294222642","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7756f7dd-f5ad-4c26-a3db-df1138e1a351.jpg?v=1758831685","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-fall-river-hatchet-cordelia-welch-9798294222642","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}