{"product_id":"blood-ivy-the-1849-murder-that-scandalized-harvard","title":"Blood \u0026 Ivy: The 1849 Murder That Scandalized Harvard","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003eOn November 23rd, 1849, Dr. George Parkman, a wealthy Brahmin who owned a significant portion of Boston's West End, disappeared. He was last seen visiting his alma mater, Harvard Medical School. Despite a thorough search, police were unable to locate him, and rumors circulated that he had fled to sea or hidden in Manhattan. However, a Harvard janitor held a darker suspicion: that their ruthless benefactor had never left the Medical School building alive. His discoveries in a chemistry professor's laboratory led to the landmark trial of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. John White Webster, a case filled with red herrings, grave robbery, and dismemberment. Blood \u0026amp; Ivy by Paul Collins brings nineteenth-century Boston to life, exploring the fatal entanglement of new science and old money in this groundbreaking murder mystery. \u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e                                                            \u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e                              \u003cstrong\u003eLength\u003c\/strong\u003e: 368 pages\u003cbr\u003e                              \u003cstrong\u003ePublication date\u003c\/strong\u003e: 09 July 2019\u003cbr\u003e                              \u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: WW Norton \u0026amp; Co\u003cbr\u003e                          \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn November 23rd, 1849, in the heart of Boston, one of the city's wealthiest men mysteriously disappeared. Dr. George Parkman, a Brahmin who owned a significant portion of Boston's West End, was last seen that afternoon visiting his alma mater, Harvard Medical School. The police conducted a thorough search of city tenements and the harbor, following leads that suggested Dr. Parkman had either fled to sea or taken refuge in Manhattan. However, one Harvard janitor harbored a much darker suspicion: that their ruthless benefactor had never left the Medical School building alive.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHis astonishing discoveries in a chemistry professor's laboratory would engulf America in one of its most infamous trials: The Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. John White Webster. A perplexing case of red herrings, grave robbery, and dismemberment, it became a landmark case in the use of medical forensics and the interpretation of reasonable doubt. Paul Collins vividly brings nineteenth-century Boston to life, interweaving newspaper accounts, letters, journals, court transcripts, and memoirs from this groundbreaking case. Rich in characters and evocative in atmosphere, Blood \u0026amp; Ivy explores the fatal entanglement of new science and old money in one of America's greatest murder mysteries.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e                            \u003cstrong\u003eWeight\u003c\/strong\u003e: 296g                            \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimension\u003c\/strong\u003e: 138 x 209 x 32 (mm)                            \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9780393357325                                                      \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Paul Collins","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":44100113793274,"sku":"9780393357325","price":10.82,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/products\/0233560f7e49d44a9cfb9d8758eac3b8.jpg?v=1626667125","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/blood-ivy-the-1849-murder-that-scandalized-harvard","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}