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Sudden Deaths in St. Louis: Coroner Bias in the Gilded Age

By Sarah E. Lirley
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By Sarah E. Lirley
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Honorable Mention, 2025 Society of Midland Authors Award in History!

A social history of death investigations in the urban Midwest

The scene of myriad grisly deaths, late nineteenth-century St. Louis was a hotbed for homicide, suicide, alcoholism, abortion, and workplace accidents. The role of the city’s Gilded Age coroners has not been fully examined, contextualized, or interrogated until now. Sarah E. Lirley investigates the process in which these outcomes were determined, finding coron...

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HistoryUnited States History19th Century United States History - General & Miscellaneous19th Century American History - General and Miscellaneous