Alice + Freda Forever: A Murder in Memphis (Hardcover)

from Tafadhali

A brief but fascinating window into a unique corner of LGBT history, touching on race, class, and gender issues in late 19th century Memphis. The illustrations and excerpts from personal letters, newspaper articles, and court documents added a great deal to the story.

from mjspear

Alice Mitchell slits the throat of Freda Ward on the streets of Memphis, 1892. This is shocking enough but in Alice + Freda Forever we learn that they were, in fact, lovers at a time when there was no word word for same-sex love and no concept of same-sex marriage. This is the true account of the...

from bell7

In 1892, the U.S. was shocked by a crime of passion: Alice Mitchell murdered her lover in cold blood, in front of witnesses, and confessed to her crime. As if that weren't shocking enough, the love was Frederica Ward, a woman. This true crime novel is borderline whether it's written for teens or ...

from akblanchard

Alice + Freda Forever is a true-crime tale about a turn-of-the-century teenage lesbian who murdered her "fiancée" in the spirit of "if I can't have you, no one else can". Author Alexis Coe mined newspapers and court records to recount this sordid crime, and, as a historian specializing in the ear...

from BellaFoxx

This book got three stars, for me, three stars is a decent rating, it means I liked it, I just don't know if I can recommend it. There is virtually no investigation, the murder was witnessed and the perp arrested that same day. There is also almost no trial covered. SPOILER The main focus of th...