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Author Shaffer, George W. (George William), author.

Title The scandalous Hamiltons : a gilded age grifter, a founding father's disgraced descendant and a trial at the dawn of tabloid journalism / Bill Shaffer.

Edition First Citadel hardcover printing.
Publication Info. New York : Citadel Press, 2022.
©2022
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b2940924~S1
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 Naper Blvd. Adult Nonfiction  364.163 SHA    AVAILABLE
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Description 312 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, photographs, portraits ; 21 cm
Summary This sordid, gripping tale of bigamy, bribery, sex and violence, set in the Gilded Age, explores the ill-fated saga of Ray, an Alexander Hamilton heir, and his wife, con artist who tricked him into marriage using an abandoned infant, and who went to prison for stabbing their baby nurse.
Bibliography Includes bibiographic references and index.
Subject Hamilton, Robert Ray, Mrs. (Evangeline Steele)
Hamilton, Robert Ray.
Swindlers and swindling -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Scandals -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
ISBN 9780806542256
080654225X
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