Dear Abby is a humorous series that purports that people wrote into the Fall River newspaper and Abby Borden responded with sage advice—well, sometimes.
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Sherry ChapmanThe World as Lizzie Borden Saw it Change
Lizbeth Borden, as she called herself after the trial, lived more than three decades after her release on June 20, 1893.
Denise NoeAugust 4th: The Day in History
All sorts of important events occurred on August 4th throughout history, not just the murder of Andrew and Abby Borden!
Stefani KooreyLizzie Borden by Elizabeth Engstrom — Why Was it Written?
In all fairness to the writer, this book is no worse than a lot of published fiction; and she does not claim to have solved the actual mystery.
Eugene HoseyThe Household Cook Book and Encyclopedia of Practical Recipes by Miss E. Neill
Actual recipes for roast pigeons, pigeon pie, and mock-turtle soup, from 1890.
Glen CarlsonOne’s Idea of Cordiality: Lizzie Borden on the Stand
Since Lizzie’s seemed so erratic and duplicitous, it is even more important to study her ordeal upon the stand, and surmise if there was any underlying reason which might explain at least some of her more evasive...
Kat KooreySpotlight on Henry G. Trickey, Reporter
From his early columns on the case to his tragic death in December 1892, without a doubt one of the more controversial figures in the Borden saga is Henry G. Trickey, a reporter for the Boston Globe at the time of the...
Harry WiddowsLizzie and the Tilden-Thurber Incident
Lizzie Borden’s 1897 “incident” with Tilden-Thurber seemed pretty cut and dry. Lizzie had stolen two objects of art, was almost arrested for the theft, but settled the matter before it got out of hand.
1913, Boston Sunday Herald and Boston Sunday Post
Lizzie Borden still lives in Fall River, but as far as Fall River is concerned, Lizzie Borden is an outcast, an Ishmael, a social pariah.
Actions Speak Louder than Words: The Borden Sisters in 1913
Some Borden scholars of today believe without question that the interview occurred, but some have been skeptical.
