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Book Title: Enigma Woman : the Death Sentence of Nellie May Madison
Item Length: 8.5in
Item Height: 0.7in
Item Width: 5.5in
Author: Kathleen A. Cairns
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Women, Abuse / General, Murder / General, Gender Studies, United States / State & Local / West (Ak, CA, Co, Hi, Idaho, Mt, Nv, Ut, WY), Women's Studies, Criminology
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Publication Year: 2009
Genre: Family & Relationships, Biography & Autobiography, True Crime, History, Social Science
Item Weight: 13.6 Oz
Number of Pages: 328 Pages