
Free Download Joel Rose, "The Blackest Bird: A Novel of Murder in Nineteenth-Century New York"
English | 2008 | pages: 266 | ISBN: 0385662408, 0393330613 | PDF | 2,0 mb
New York, the sweltering summer of 1841: Mary Rogers, a beautiful counter girl at a popular Manhattan tobacco shop, is found brutally murdered in the Hudson River. John Colt, scion of the firearm fortune, beats his

With a multilayered Description and rich, terse prose, The Blackest Bird is both a gripping mystery and a convincing portrait of the New York underworld in its early days. At its heart is Hays' unlikely connection with Poe, who like many other men was in love with Mary Rogers. In its deeply textured world, full of bloodshed and duplicity, only a few innocent relationships - such as Hays' tender bond with his daughter - provide any comfort and hope.
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