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The Beautiful Cigar Girl: Mary Rogers, Edgar Allan Poe, and the Invention of Murder

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The Beautiful Cigar Girl: Mary Rogers, Edgar Allan Poe, and the Invention of Murder - Stashower, Daniel
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The author of Edgar winner "Teller of Tales" recounts the story of Manhattan tobacco store clerk Mary Rogers, whose murder in 1841 fueled a public outcry. Edgar Allan Poe began a fictional magazine serial featuring his famous detective Dupin speculating on the murder of the working-class girl, thus beginning the modern detective story.

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The Beautiful Cigar Girl: Mary Rogers, Edgar Allan Poe, and the Invention of Murder 2007, Berkley Books, New York, NY

ISBN-13: 9780425217825

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The Beautiful Cigar Girl: Mary Rogers, Edgar Allan Poe, and the Invention of Murder 2006, Dutton Books, New York, NY

ISBN-13: 9780525949817

Hardcover