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Title: The Borden Tragedy: A Memoir of the Infamous Double Murder at Fall River, Mass., 1892 (Geary, Rick. Treasury of Victorian Murder.) by Rick Geary ISBN: 1561631892 Publisher: NBM Publishing, Inc. Pub. Date: January, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 3 List Price(USD): $8.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.57
Rating: 5
Summary: "Tragedy" is Terrific
Comment: Read the story of the Borden murders like you've never read it before - in comic book form. It's like seeing a movie, or if you really get carried away, almost like being there. The telling of the tale is historically accurate, and each frame enhances what is already a good, condensed version of the crimes. Of special importance are the two drawings Mr. Geary does of the inside of the house. He draws it so simply that it's easy to see which room leads into which with that multitude of doors. A definite read for the Borden enthusiast and a plus for your Lizzie collection.
Rating: 5
Summary: Been There, Done That... Got the Shirt
Comment: Mr. Geary... my hat is off to you, sir!
"The Borden Tragedy" is near perfect in all it's pictoral details and facts. I can attest to this as I have actually stayed the night in the infamous guest room where dear ol' step-mommy's bludgeoned body was found, had a lengthy conversation with the Borden historian in Fall River, read the interrogation notes and the police blotter from the time of Lizzie's arrest, as well as having dug up as much information as I possibly could before my actual visit so I would be ready to ask a plethora of questions. I can tell you with absolute certainty: Geary has his act together here.
For those of you that might not be familar with the term "graphic novel", it basically means "a really fancy comic book with lots of words". Be that as it may, Geary managed to cram pack the pages with more information about the Borden case than you can shake a bloody axe handle at. (Granted, there is still quite a bit more to the case... but this is just a comic book designed for light reading!)
The illustrations are beautifully intricate and detailed. All the maps of town and of the rooms within the residence itself are accurate... down to the placement of furniture. Geary introduces briefly throughout the novel many of the alternate theories and possible other suspects to the grisly murders. He has done a wonderful job of recreating the entire series of events that took place that stifling summer of 1892.
Included at the rear of the book are several pages of press clippings of the time as well as Lizzie's Indictment. The back cover has an eerie comparison of the Borden case to that of the Simpson case a hundred years later.
There are about 3 discrepencies I have found within the pages of "The Borden Tragedy", but they are so minute that they really don't bear mentioning. I highly recommend this book to anyone that has a love of comics, Borden affectionados/collectors, or simply anyone wanting a very brief yet still accurate introduction to one of the most famous unsolved crimes in all of american history.
Rating: 3
Summary: New Comic books are not Treasures
Comment: I was very dissapointed when this book arrived. I expected a "Treasury of a Victorian Murder" Instead I found a black and white comic book. I suspect a guy would like this book, but as a woman I found the title misleading. It's just not how I want to have interesting information about the murder conveyed to me. I was hoping for interesting facts and historical photographs. Guess I should have read the other reviews first!
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Title: Lizzie Didn't Do It! by William L. Masterton ISBN: 0828320527 Publisher: Branden Publishing Co Pub. Date: April, 2000 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Jack the Ripper: A Journal of the Whitechapel Murders 1888-1889 (A Treasury of Victorian Murder) by Rick Geary ISBN: 1561631248 Publisher: NBM Publishing, Inc. Pub. Date: January, 2003 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: The Lizzie Borden Sourcebook by David Kent ISBN: 0828319502 Publisher: Branden Publishing Co Pub. Date: June, 1992 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: The Mystery of Mary Rogers (Treasury of Victorian Murder) by Rick Geary ISBN: 1561632880 Publisher: NBM Publishing, Inc. Pub. Date: January, 2003 List Price(USD): $8.95 |
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Title: The Fatal Bullet: The True Account of the Assassination, Lingering Pain, Death, and Burial of James A. Garfield, Twentieth President of the United States (Geary, Rick. Treasury of Victorian Murder.) by Rick Geary ISBN: 1561632287 Publisher: NBM Publishing, Inc. Pub. Date: January, 2003 List Price(USD): $8.95 |
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