Who Killed Jane Stanford?: A Gilded Age Tale of Murder, Deceit, Spirits and the Birth of a University - Hardcover
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Language:EnglishPublisher:W. W. Norton & CompanyISBN-13:9781324004332ISBN-10:1324004339UPC:9781324004332Book Category:History, True CrimeBook Subcategory:United States, MurderBook Topic:State & Local, 20th CenturySize:9.36 x 6.29 x 1.29 inchesWeight:1.4418Product ID:SCWBNWYPKZ
Who Killed Jane Stanford?: A Gilded Age Tale of Murder, Deceit, Spirits and the Birth of a University
In 1885 Jane and Leland Stanford cofounded a university to honor their recently deceased young son. After her husband's death in 1893, Jane Stanford, a devoted spiritualist who expected the university to inculcate her values, steered Stanford into eccentricity and public controversy for more than a decade. In 1905 she was murdered in Hawaii, a victim, according to the Honolulu coroner's jury, of...
Language:EnglishPublisher:W. W. Norton & CompanyISBN-13:9781324004332ISBN-10:1324004339UPC:9781324004332Book Category:History, True CrimeBook Subcategory:United States, MurderBook Topic:State & Local, 20th CenturySize:9.36 x 6.29 x 1.29 inchesWeight:1.4418Product ID:SCWBNWYPKZ
White, Richard: - Richard White is the author of many acclaimed histories, including the groundbreaking study of the transcontinentals, Railroaded, winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and a Pulitzer Prize finalist. He is Margaret Byrne Professor Emeritus at Stanford University, and lives near Palo Alto, California.
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