02385cam a2200397 i 4500 1841457054 TxGeo 20241219120000.0 240815s2025||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2024029566 9780593713617 hbk. 0593713613 hbk. (OCoLC)1429659557 TxGeo rda Dawson, Kate Winkler, author. The sinners all bow : two authors, one murder, and the real Hester Prynne / Kate Winkler Dawson. New York, NY : G.P. Putnam's Sons, [2025] 307 pages ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-297) and index. "On a cold winter day in 1832, Sarah Cornell was found hanging in a barn, four months pregnant, after a disgraceful liaison with a charismatic Methodist minister, Reverend Ephraim Avery. Some (Avery's lawyers) claimed her death was suicide--but others weren't so sure. Determined to uncover the real story, intrepid Victorian writer Catharine Williams threw herself into the investigation and wrote what many claim is the first American true-crime narrative: Fall River. The case and Williams's book became a sensation--one that divided the country and inspired Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter. But the reverend was not convicted, and questions linger to this day about what really led to Sarah Cornell's death. ... In [this account], ... true-crime historian Kate Winkler Dawson travels back in time to 19th century small town America, emboldened to finish the work Williams started nearly two centuries before"-- Provided by publisher. 20250106. Cornell, Sarah Maria 1802-1832. Avery, Ephraim K 1869. Williams, C. R Catherine Read 1790-1872 Fall River. Hawthorne, Nathaniel 1804-1864 Scarlet letter. Prynne, Hester Fictitious character. Murder Rhode Island History 19th century. Murder Massachusetts Fall River History 19th century. Forensic sciences. Criminal investigation. True crime stories. QS5