The Beautiful Cigar Girl: Mary Rogers, Edgar Allan Poe, and the Invention of Murder
On July 28, 1841, the body of Mary Rogers, a twenty-year-old cigar girl, was found floating in the Hudson-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 Rogt."
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The Beautiful Cigar Girl: Mary Rogers, Edgar Allan Poe, and the Invention of Murder
On July 28, 1841, the body of Mary Rogers, a twenty-year-old cigar girl, was found floating in the Hudson-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 Rogt."
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ISBN-13: | 9780425217825 |
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Publisher: | Penguin Publishing Group |
Publication date: | 12/04/2007 |
Edition description: | Reprint |
Pages: | 400 |
Sales rank: | 367,000 |
Product dimensions: | 5.20(w) x 7.95(h) x 0.85(d) |
Age Range: | 18 - 17 Years |
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