Tje Notorious Mrs. Clem: Murder and Money in the Gilded Age

by Wendy Gamber

Book Overview

Was Nancy Clem a respectable Indianapolis housewife--or a cold-blooded double murderess?

In September 1868, the remains of Jacob and Nancy Jane Young were found lying near the banks of Indiana's White River. It was a gruesome scene. Part of Jacob's face had been blown off, apparently by the shotgun that lay a few feet away. Spiders and black beetles crawled over his wound. Smoke rose from his wife's smoldering body, which was so badly...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1421420201
• ISBN13: 9781421420202
• Release Date: September 2016
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.2"