Detail Image
click to view more

Confession of Jereboam O. Beauchamp (Reprint 2016)

by Beauchamp, Jereboam O

$85.09

List Price: $95.00
Save: $9.91 (10%)
add to favourite
  • In Stock - Ship in 24 hours with Free Online tracking.
  • FREE DELIVERY by Tuesday, April 28, 2026
  • Secure checkout
  • 15-day returns
  • 24/24 Online
  • Yes High Speed
  • Yes Protection

Description

In 1826, Jereboam 0. Beauchamp was sentenced to hang for assassinating Col. Solomon P. Sharp, an older man who Beachamp claimed had seduced his young wife prior to their mar­riage. In prison, Beauchamp wrote his Confession, which was published after his hanging. The fact that his wife committed suicide in his jail cell and was buried in the same coffin with him led to the incident's wide renown as "The Kentucky Tragedy." In addition, the Confession was extensively reprinted in cheap pamphlets during the nineteenth century, and it has inspired a number of novels, plays, short stories, and folk songs, the best known of which are Edgar Allan Poe's Politian, William Gilmore Simms's Charlemont and Beauchampe, and Robert Penn Warren's World Enough and Time.

Last updated on

Product Details

  • University of Pennsylvani Brand
  • Jan 29, 1966 Pub Date:
  • 1512810053 ISBN-10:
  • 9781512810059 ISBN-13:
  • English Language
  • 9.21 in * 0.38 in * 6.14 in Dimensions:
  • 1 lb Weight:
Buyer favorite

Fast moving this week