The Belle of Bedford Avenue: The Sensational Brooks-Burns Murder in Turn-Of-The-Century New York

by Virginia McConnell

Affluenza leading to bad behavior among the youth of an earlier century--ultimately ending in murder

At the turn of the 20th century, many affluent Brooklyn teens and young adults were bucking the constraints of their immigrant parents and behaving badly: drinking, having sex, staying out all night, stealing, scamming local businesses--and even more serious activities. The culmination for twenty-year-old Walter Brooks was being murdered...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1606353667
• ISBN13: 9781606353660
• Release Date: March 2019
• Publisher: Kent State University Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.9"