The lives of notorious bad guys, perpetrators of mischief, visionary–if misunderstood–thinkers, and other colorful antiheroes, jerks, and evil doers from history all get their due in the short essays featured in these enlightening, informative, books. Speaking Ill of the Dead: Jerks in New England History features twenty short biographies of nefarious characters, from Charles W. Morse, serial monopolist, cheat, liar, and swindler, to Emeline Meaker & Mary Rogers, otherwise known as the Lady Killers.
- ISBN10 0762778628
- ISBN13 9780762778621
- Publish Date 5 November 2013
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Publisher Rowman & Littlefield
- Imprint Globe Pequot Press
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 232
- Language English