Pretty Evil Pennsylvania: True Stories of Mobster Molls, Violent Vixens, and Murderous Matriarchs

by Stephanie Hoover

Book Overview

Pennsylvania may have been founded by peaceful Quakers, but the sect's pacifist ways didn't dampen the state's enthusiasm for violent scandals--or capital punishment. In Pretty Evil Pennsylvania, historical true crime author Stephanie Hoover recounts the crimes of some of the Keystone State's most violent female criminals from the 1850s through the 1930s. The stories of these law-breaking ladies are complex and nuanced. On occasion you may find...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 149305502X
• ISBN13: 9781493055029
• Release Date: November 2021
• Publisher: Globe Pequot Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"