The Confession of Jereboam O. Beauchamp (Hardcover)

In 1826, Jereboam 0. Beauchamp was sentenced to hang for assassinating Col. Solomon P. Sharp, an older man who Beachamp claimed had seduced his young wife prior to their mar riage. In prison, Beauchamp wrote his Confession, which was published after his hanging. The fact that his wife committed suicide in his jail cell and was buried in the same coffin with him led to the incident's wide renown as "The Kentucky Tragedy." In addition, the Confession was extensively reprinted in cheap pamphlets during the nineteenth century, and it has inspired a number of novels, plays, short stories, and folk songs, the best known of which are Edgar Allan Poe's Politian, William Gilmore Simms's Charlemont and Beauchampe, and Robert Penn Warren's World Enough and Time.

General

Imprint:	University of PennsylvaniaPress
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Anniversary Collection
Release date:	1966
First published:	1966
Authors:	Jereboam O. Beauchamp • Ann Beauchamp
Editors:	Robert D. Bamberg
Dimensions:	203 x 133mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover - Paper over boards
Pages:	146
ISBN-13:	978-1-5128-1005-9
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > American history > General Books > History > American history > General
LSN:	1-5128-1005-3
Barcode:	9781512810059

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