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"Speakers of the Dead" is a mystery novel centering around the
investigative exploits of a young Walt Whitman, in which the
reporter-cum-poet navigates the seedy underbelly of New York City's
body-snatching industry in an attempt to exonerate his friend of a
wrongful murder charge. The year is 1843; the place: New York City.
"Aurora" reporter Walt Whitman arrives at the Tombs prison yard
where his friend Lena Stowe is scheduled to hang for the murder of
her husband, Abraham. Walt intends to present evidence on Lena's
behalf, but Sheriff Harris turns him away. Lena drops to her death,
and Walt vows to posthumously exonerate her. Walt's estranged
boyfriend, Henry Saunders, returns to New York, and the two men
uncover a link between body-snatching and Abraham's murder: a man
named Samuel Clement. To get to Clement, Walt and Henry descend
into a dangerous underworld where resurrection men steal the bodies
of the recently deceased and sell them to medical colleges. With no
legal means to acquire cadavers, medical students rely on these
criminals, and Abraham's involvement with the Bone Bill legislation
that would put the resurrection men out of business seems to have
led to his and Lena's deaths. Fast-paced and gripping, "Speakers of
the Dead" is a vibrant reimagining of one of America's most beloved
literary figures."
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