{"product_id":"the-silent-witness-the-unsolved-murder-of-mary-rogers","title":"The Silent Witness: The Unsolved Murder of Mary Rogers","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn July 1841, the body of a young Manhattan cigar shop clerk washed up in the Hudson River. Her murder was never solved, and it changed American crime journalism forever.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMary Rogers worked at John Anderson's tobacco shop in Lower Manhattan and became a minor celebrity for her beauty. When she disappeared and turned up dead days later, the New York press went into a frenzy that set the template for modern crime journalism. Edgar Allan Poe fictionalized the case in The Mystery of Marie Rogêt. Multiple suspects were named. Multiple theories circulated. None held up.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe case remains officially open more than 180 years later.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat makes this book differentHistorical rigor over speculation. Examines what the contemporary press got right, what they got wrong, and what they invented. Treats Mary Rogers as a person rather than a literary device.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat you'll find insideMary Rogers's life before the murder and the cigar shop celebrity culture she navigated. The disappearance, the investigation, and the autopsy findings. The competing theories (abortion gone wrong, gang violence, lover's quarrel, abduction). Poe's fictional reconstruction and what it borrowed from the real case. The lasting impact on American detective fiction and crime journalism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBest forTrue crime readers, historical fiction fans, Poe enthusiasts, readers of 19th century New York history, and anyone fascinated by unsolved cases that shaped how we tell crime stories.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEdition detailsPaperback. By Eliza Hawthorne, published by Thrive Collective Publishing's Shadows of the Past series.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDrawn to historical true crime that respects the record? Browse the full Shadows of the Past series.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Thrive Collective Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45158664241175,"sku":"SOTP-SILENT-PB","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45165876150295,"sku":"SOTP-SILENT-HC","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"ePub","offer_id":45165876183063,"sku":"SOTP-SILENT-EPUB","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0799\/7790\/6199\/files\/thrive-collective-publishing-silent-witness-book-cover-f9a8b7c6.jpg?v=1780344008","url":"https:\/\/thrivecollectivehq.com\/products\/the-silent-witness-the-unsolved-murder-of-mary-rogers","provider":"Thrive Collective Publishing","version":"1.0","type":"link"}