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    Murder in a Mill Town

    Sex, Faith, and the Crime That Captivated a Nation

    by Bruce Dorsey ...
    Narrated by Brandon Pollock ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 49 min

    In December 1832 a farmer found the body of a young, pregnant woman hanging near a haystack outside a New England mill town. When news spread that Methodist preacher Ephraim Avery was accused of murdering Sarah Maria Cornell, a factory worker, the case gave the public everything they found irresistible: sexually charged violence, adultery, the hypocrisy of a church leader, secrecy and mystery, and ... Read more

    $25.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • Murder in a Mill Town

    Sex, Faith, and the Crime That Captivated a Nation

    by Bruce Dorsey ...
    A master storyteller presents a riveting drama of America's first "crime of the century"--from murder investigation to a church sex scandal to celebrity trial--and its aftermath. In December 1832 a farmer found the body of a young, pregnant woman hanging near a haystack outside a New England mill town. When news spread that Methodist preacher Ephraim Avery was accused of murdering Sarah Maria ... Read more

    $22.79 USD

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