Counterfeit Man - Hardcover
This re-examination of the Boorn-Colvin murder case, featuring disappearances, scandal, and possible imposters in 1812 Vermont, offers new evidence and startling conclusions in a case that helped shape American legal history
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Gerald W. McFarland is professor of history at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and author of Mugwumps, Morals, and Politics, 1884-1920. www.geraldwmcfarland.com
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"In 1812, after arguing with his brothers-in-law, Jesse and Stephen Boorn, Vermont farmer Russell Colvin vanished. Seven years later, a barrage of ghostly sightings convinced the Manchester citizenry that Colvin had been murdered. The Boorns were tried and convicted of his murder―then Colvin showed up again, and they went free. But was it really Covin, or an impostor? McFarland has crafted a fascinating, painstakingly researched account of this mystery, delineating in exquisite detail the characters involved and bringing a historian's eye for social background to bear on the village itself. The result is a crime reader's delight, complete with trial, dramatic reprieve, and surprising aftermath. Intriguing, insightful, often humorous, this is highly recommended."―Library Journal
"The return of this American Martin Guerre makes fascinating reading. . . . McFarland states in his preface that one of his purposes in writing this book was to use the Boorn-Colvin case as a means of 'studying a community and the social tensions that afflicted it at a given time' This he has done, and done splendidly"―New York Times Book Review
"The return of this American Martin Guerre makes fascinating reading. . . . McFarland states in his preface that one of his purposes in writing this book was to use the Boorn-Colvin case as a means of 'studying a community and the social tensions that afflicted it at a given time' This he has done, and done splendidly"―New York Times Book Review
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- PublisherPantheon
- Publication date1990
- ISBN 10 0394580095
- ISBN 13 9780394580098
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages242
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