The fall of the house of Walworth a tale of madness and murder in gilded age America
Geoffrey O'Brien
- 1. ed.
- 337 S. Ill.
"A John Macrae book Includes bibliographical references and index
Documents the 1873 case in which eighteen-year-old Frank Walworth shot and killed his father in the Sturtevant House hotel, tracing how the Walworth family rose to prominence in the New York aristocracy before succumbing to decades of corruption and mental illness
9780805081152 hbk
2010000394
Walworth, Mansfield Tracy 1830-1873 Walworth, Mansfield Tracy 1830-1873 --Family Walworth, Frank H 1853-1886 Walworth, Clara Grant 1886-
Families--New York (State)--Saratoga Springs--Biography Mental illness--History--New York (State)--Saratoga Springs--19th century Parricide--History--New York (State)--New York--19th century Social change--History--New York (State)--Saratoga Springs
Saratoga Springs (N.Y.)--Social life and customs Saratoga Springs (N.Y.)--Biography
Class of Fall 2011 Bosch Fellow in Public Policy Fellow