Lizzie Borden Society Forum

Does the Lizzie Borden Source Book contain the Inquest testimony along with the Trial Transcripts ??

The Sourcebook is not a good source for Lizzie's Inquest testimony.
That's the only testimony in there- no Trial document. The rest is newspapers, some even only partial pages.
You should see my copy where Lizzie's inquest transcription was proofed against the Evening Standard's edition, which is the accepted version!

The Sourcebook has good illustrations tho.

The Inquest and Trial are proofed and ready for download at the LizzieAndrewBorden website:
http://lizzieandrewborden.com/Resources ... uments.htm

I have The Sourcebook, and I refer to it often. Basically it's a collection of some newspaper articles starting from the discovery of the crime until Lizzie's death. They have different newspapers in it - a snippet here, full coverage of the court hearings & trial, I think. You'll pick up different odds and ends that you probably won't see anywhere else. Some reporters got things that never came out in court. Entire articles written by the famed Joe Howard. I think it's an excellent addition to add to a Lizzie library. Prices are still good for The Sourcebook.

The only testimony (besides some in the articles) is Lizzie's inquest testimony. I didn't read it in there, because I had read it so many times I felt like it was memorized. The Borden documents associated with this website are excellent, incredibly well-researched, and the best you'll find anywhere. Any time I need to cite something from the Inquest, I use the version Kat recommends.

I purchased the hard copy of the Preliminary Hearing, and it's great. Other versions had the witnesses in the wrong order and pages missing and testimony missing. The Kooreys/Widdows publication is well worth the $35.

I also purchased their hard copy of the trial - 3 volumes. This is a dream come true for me. When I was a kid, I used to read the only place you could see the transcript was on microfilm at the Boston Library. And I wondered how I was gonna ever read it, sitting in a library, getting motion sickness every time the screen moved.

I cannot say enough good things about the books. They are real gems. Hats off to Kat, Stef & Harry for these primary sources.

Rebello's book is the best to have. I got mine early for the going rate of $50. Now I think it's like $150. But I think I would pay that to attain it.

I have the sourcebook too. It's good reading, to see the newspapers of the day reporting the trial and crime, but there is no testimony in it. Sorry. But it's a good book to have, I think.

snokkums @ Thu Jun 15, 2006 9:01 pm wrote:I have the sourcebook too. It's good reading, to see the newspapers of the day reporting the trial and crime, but there is no testimony in it. Sorry. But it's a good book to have, I think.

The section called "Particuar Two", pages 52-97 has Lizzie's Inquest testimony. But there are inaccuracies on every page that might change the meaning so it should be skipped.

It is very much a good read, if you don't mind missing dates on news items (which I do).

I think (nearly) every book pertaining to the case is worth having.

Audrey @ Fri Jun 16, 2006 5:28 pm wrote:I think (nearly) every book pertaining to the case is worth having.

But are each and every one worth reading as well? What have you done.
Surely we can all agree that the quality of the books are far from equal, even if we don't agree on the rankings.

I ownder if someone could suggest a flow-chart of suggested readings that most people could agree with. Surely David Kent's book is the first book. Then branch out to Pearson, Radin, Sullivan, Lincoln, and Spiering for their solutions. Oops, I forgot Brown!!! How could I do that?

RayS @ Wed Jun 21, 2006 2:21 pm wrote:

Audrey @ Fri Jun 16, 2006 5:28 pm wrote:I think (nearly) every book pertaining to the case is worth having.

But are each and every one worth reading as well? What have you done.
Surely we can all agree that the quality of the books are far from equal, even if we don't agree on the rankings.

I ownder if someone could suggest a flow-chart of suggested readings that most people could agree with. Surely David Kent's book is the first book. Then branch out to Pearson, Radin, Sullivan, Lincoln, and Spiering for their solutions. Oops, I forgot Brown!!! How could I do that?

I have read every one of them and your perception of my ability to quote from them is (one of) your (many) problem(s).

I hope my frank and candid opinions did not harm you.
But how would YOU rank the many books published over the last 70 years?
Would this be a good exercise for everyone here?