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Lizzie Andrew Borden [a] was born on July 19, 1860, [7] in Fall River, Massachusetts, to Sarah Anthony Borden (née Morse; 1823–1863) [8] and Andrew Jackson Borden (1822–1892). [9] Her father, who was of English and Welsh descent, [ 10 ] grew up in very modest surroundings and struggled financially as a young man, despite being the ...
In 1934 Lincoln published February Hill, [5] a book that was first adapted for the stage and then made into the movie Primrose Path. [6] Lincoln grew up in Fall River, Massachusetts and in 1967 she wrote A Private Disgrace, [7] a book about Lizzie Borden, who also grew up in Fall River.
William D. Spencer is the author of two books on the Lizzie Borden case and now "The Other Fall River Tragedy: The Murder of Bertha Manchester," a little-remembered true crime slaying from 1893.
The Secret Book (1914) Theodore Roosevelt (1920) Books in Black or Red (1923) Studies in Murder (1924) Murder at Smutty Nose and Other Murders (1926) Five Murders, with a Final Note on the Borden Case (1928) Queer Books (1928) Dime novels; or, Following an Old Trail in Popular Literature (1929) Instigation of the Devil (1930) More Studies in ...
Emma Borden, older sister. Harry Wingate, Lizzie's step-uncle and the catalyst for her decision to murder her parents. He arrives at the Borden home to convince Lizzie's father to sign away ownership of the family farm to his wife, Harry's sister. This means that Lizzie's hold on the estate is in danger. Lizzie Borden, the play's central character.
The Borden family owned the house in the late 19th century — the well-to-do businessman Andrew Borden, his second wife, Abby, Andrew’s daughters Emma and Lizzie, and live-in maid Bridget Sullivan.
De Mille herself believed that Borden was guilty of the murder of her father and stepmother. [1] Like the majority of de Mille’s ballets, Fall River Legend is deeply character driven. [ 2 ] The ballet was commissioned by American Ballet Theatre and premiered on April 22, 1948 at the Metropolitan Opera House .
One year after Lizzie Borden was acquitted for the murder of her parents, Emma Borden and family maid Margaret talk about Lizzie's mental state and their desire to leave the house. Ambitious Sacramento reporter Nell Cutts barges into the Borden home and pesters Emma with questions, even recreating the events of the murder. Lizzie comes ...