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The Beautiful Cigar Girl: Mary Rogers, Edgar Allan Poe, and the Invention of Murder

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The Beautiful Cigar Girl: Mary Rogers,Edgar Allan Poe,and the Invention of Murder: Daniel Stashower:

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December 4, 2007
On July 28, 1841, the body of Mary Rogers, a twenty-year-old cigar girl, was found floating in theHudson-and New York's unregulated police force proved incapable of solving the crime. One year later, a struggling writer named Edgar Allan Poe decided to take on the case-and sent his fictional detective, C. Auguste Dupin, to solve the baffling murder of Mary Rogers in "The Mystery of Marie Rogt."
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Product Details:

  • Paperback: 400 pages
  • Publisher: Berkley Trade; Berkley Trade Paperback Edition edition (December 4, 2007)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0425217825
  • ASIN: B001G8WKH6
  • Product Dimensions: 7.7 x 5.1 x 0.6 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)

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