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100 1 Pucci, Idanna,|d1945-|eauthor.
240 10 Fuoco dell'anima.|lEnglish
245 14 The lady of Sing Sing :|ban American countess, an Italian
immigrant, and their epic battle for justice in New York's
Gilded Age|h[Hoopla electronic resource] /|cIdanna Pucci.
250 Unabridged.
264 1 [United States] :|bSimon & Schuster Audio,|c2020.
264 2 |bMade available through hoopla
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511 0 Read by Lisa Flanagan.
520 This social history, with all the passion and pathos of a
classic opera, chronicles the riveting first campaign
against the death penalty waged in 1895 by American
pioneer activist, Cora Slocomb, Countess of Brazzà, to
save the life of a twenty-year-old illiterate Italian
immigrant, Maria Barbella, who killed the man who had
abused her. Previously published as The Trials of Maria
Barbella. In 1895, a twenty-two-year-old Italian
seamstress named Maria Barbella was accused of murdering
her lover, Domenico Cataldo, after he seduced her and
broke his promise to marry her. Following a sensational
trial filled with inept lawyers, dishonest reporters and
editors, and a crooked judge repaying political favors,
the illiterate immigrant became the first woman sentenced
to the newly invented electric chair at Sing Sing, where
she is also the first female prisoner. Behind the scenes,
a corporate war raged for the monopoly of electricity
pitting two giants, Edison and Westinghouse with Nikola
Tesla at his side, against each other. Enter Cora Slocomb,
an American-born Italian aristocrat and activist, who
launched the first campaign against the death penalty to
save Maria. Rallying the New York press, Cora reached out
across the social divide-from the mansions of Fifth Avenue
to the tenements of Little Italy. Maria's 'crime of honor'
quickly becomes a cause celebre, seizing the nation's
attention. Idanna Pucci, Cora's great-granddaughter,
masterfully recounts this astonishing story by drawing on
original research and documents from the US and Italy.
This dramatic page-turner, interwoven with twists and
unexpected turns, grapples with the tragedy of immigration,
capital punishment, ethnic prejudice, criminal justice,
corporate greed, violence against women, and a woman's
right to reject the role of victim. Over a century later,
this story is as urgent as ever.
538 Mode of access: World Wide Web.
600 10 Barbella, Maria.
600 10 Brazzà,|cCountess di,|d1862-
650 0 Crimes of passion|zNew York (State)|zNew York|xHistory
|y19th century|vCase studies.
650 0 Murder|zNew York (State)|zNew York|xHistory|y19th century
|vCase studies.
650 0 Trials (Murder)|zNew York (State)|zNew York|xHistory|y19th
century|vCase studies.
650 0 Capital punishment|zNew York (State)|zNew York|xHistory
|y19th century|vCase studies.
700 1 Flanagan, Lisa,|enarrator.
710 2 hoopla digital.
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