Edwin Porter - The Fall River Tragedy (Questions)
Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2016 10:50 am
I've read several books about the case, but until yesterday I had never read The Fall River Tragedy: A History of the Borden Murders by Edwin Porter.
How would you all rate the validity of the book, in reference to the he said she saids?
For instance he states that Bridget said of Mrs. Borden:
"She said that Mrs. Borden was a very kind mistress and that she was very much attached to her. Mrs. Borden used to talk to her about going home (Bridget going home) to Ireland, and used to tell her that she would be lonely without her. Accordingly, the girl (Bridget) said that she did not have the heart to leave, but she never expected to be in such an awful predicament. She had been terrified ever since the tragedy."
With Uncle Hiram C. Harrington, Porter quotes him as saying:
"Lizzie did most of he demonstrative contention, as Emma is very quiet and unassuming, and would feel very deeply any disparaging or angry word from her father. Lizzie on the contrary was haughty and domineering with the stubborn will of her father and bound to contest for rights. There were many animated interviews between father and daughter on this point. Lizzie is of a repellant disposition, and, after an unsuccessful passage with her father, would become sulky and refuse to speak to him for days at a time."
I haven't read a book about the case in a few years (if only I could get my hands on a copy of Rebello's book), as I've been reading this forum like it is its own true crime novel.
(Any typos are my own, as my Macbook likes to autocorrect everything
)
How would you all rate the validity of the book, in reference to the he said she saids?
For instance he states that Bridget said of Mrs. Borden:
"She said that Mrs. Borden was a very kind mistress and that she was very much attached to her. Mrs. Borden used to talk to her about going home (Bridget going home) to Ireland, and used to tell her that she would be lonely without her. Accordingly, the girl (Bridget) said that she did not have the heart to leave, but she never expected to be in such an awful predicament. She had been terrified ever since the tragedy."
With Uncle Hiram C. Harrington, Porter quotes him as saying:
"Lizzie did most of he demonstrative contention, as Emma is very quiet and unassuming, and would feel very deeply any disparaging or angry word from her father. Lizzie on the contrary was haughty and domineering with the stubborn will of her father and bound to contest for rights. There were many animated interviews between father and daughter on this point. Lizzie is of a repellant disposition, and, after an unsuccessful passage with her father, would become sulky and refuse to speak to him for days at a time."
I haven't read a book about the case in a few years (if only I could get my hands on a copy of Rebello's book), as I've been reading this forum like it is its own true crime novel.
(Any typos are my own, as my Macbook likes to autocorrect everything
)