{"product_id":"9780593949115","title":"The Sinners All Bow","description":"Author: Dawson, Kate Winkler\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780593949115\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: RANDOM HOUSE US\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 14 Jan 2025\u003cbr\u003ePages: 432 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePlt;bPgt;Acclaimed journalist, podcaster, andPlt;iPgt; Plt;\/iPgt;crime historian Kate Winkler Dawson tells the chilling true story of a young woman whose scandalous life was rumored to be Nathaniel HawthorneP#8217;s inspiration for Plt;iPgt;The Scarlet LetterP#8212;Plt;\/iPgt;and whose shocking death inspired the first true-crime book published in America.Plt;\/bPgt;\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePlt;bPgt;Acclaimed journalist, podcaster, and crime historian Kate Winkler Dawson tells the chilling true story of a young woman whose scandalous life was rumored to be Nathaniel HawthorneP#8217;s inspiration for Plt;iPgt;The Scarlet LetterP#8212;Plt;\/iPgt;and whose shocking death inspired the first true-crime book published in America.Plt;\/bPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;On a cold winter day in 1832, Sarah Cornell was found hanging in a barn, four months pregnant, after a disgraceful liaison with a charismatic Methodist minister, Reverend Ephraim Avery. Some (AveryP#8217;s lawyers) claimed her death was suicideP#8230;but others werenP#8217;t so sure. Determined to uncover the real story, intrepid Victorian writer Catharine Williams threw herself into the investigation and wrote what many claim is the first American true-crime narrative, Plt;iPgt;Fall RiverPlt;\/iPgt;. The case and WilliamsP#8217; book became a sensationP#8212;one that divided the country and inspired Nathaniel HawthorneP#8217;s Plt;iPgt;The Scarlet LetterPlt;\/iPgt;. But the reverend was not convicted, and questions linger to this day about what really led to Sarah CornellP#8217;s death. Until now.Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;In Plt;iPgt;The Sinners All Bow, Plt;\/iPgt;acclaimed true-crime historian Kate Winkler Dawson travels back in time to 19th century small town America, emboldened to finish the work Williams started nearly two centuries before. Using modern investigative advancementsP#8212;such as P#8220;forensic knot analysisP#8221; to determine cause of death, the prosecutorP#8217;s notes from 1833, and criminal profiling which was invented 55 years later with Jack the RipperP#8212;Dawson fills in the gaps of WilliamsP#8217; research to find the truth. Along the way she also examines how society decides who is the P#8220;right kindP#8221; of crime victim and how AmericaP#8217;s long history of religious evangelism may have clouded the facts both in the 1830s and today. Ultimately, Plt;iPgt;The Sinners All Bow Plt;\/iPgt;brings justice to an unsettling mystery that speaks to our past as well as our present, anchored by three women who subverted the script they were given.","brand":"Print on demand - Ships in 1 to 3 months","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48280856264862,"sku":"UBD-9780593949115","price":74.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780593949115.jpg?v=1789543152","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780593949115","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}