{"product_id":"hannah-mary-tabbs-and-the-disembodied-torso-a-tale-of-race-sex-and-violence-in-america-paperback","title":"Hannah Mary Tabbs and the Disembodied Torso: A Tale of Race, Sex, and Violence in America - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKali Nicole Gross\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShortly after a dismembered torso was discovered by a pond outside Philadelphia in 1887, investigators homed in on two suspects: Hannah Mary Tabbs, a married, working-class, black woman, and George Wilson, a former neighbor whom Tabbs implicated after her arrest. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs details surrounding the shocking case emerged, both the crime and ensuing trial--which spanned several months--were featured in the national press. The trial brought otherwise taboo subjects such as illicit sex, adultery, and domestic violence in the black community to public attention. At the same time, the mixed race of the victim and one of his assailants exacerbated anxieties over the purity of whiteness in the post-Reconstruction era. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eHannah Mary Tabbs and the Disembodied Torso, \u003c\/em\u003e historian Kali Nicole Gross uses detectives' notes, trial and prison records, local newspapers, and other archival documents to reconstruct this ghastly whodunit crime in all its scandalous detail. In doing so, she gives the crime context by analyzing it against broader evidence of police treatment of black suspects and violence within the black community. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA fascinating work of historical recreation, \u003cem\u003eHannah Mary Tabbs and the Disembodied Torso\u003c\/em\u003e is sure to captivate anyone interested in true crime, adulterous love triangles gone wrong, and the racially volatile world of post-Reconstruction Philadelphia.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKali Nicole Gross\u003c\/strong\u003e is Martin Luther King, Jr. Professor of History at Rutgers University and the author of \u003cem\u003eColored Amazons: Crime, Violence, and Black Women in the City of Brotherly Love, 1880-1910.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 232\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.2 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 01, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45255521566822,"sku":"9780190860011","price":30.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/TklQUmpZOGN4RE9UWFFteHpuQXNudz09.webp?v=1773665741","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/hannah-mary-tabbs-and-the-disembodied-torso-a-tale-of-race-sex-and-violence-in-america-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}