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Who Killed Jane Stanford?
- A Gilded Age Tale of Murder, Deceit, Spirits and the Birth of a University
- Narrado por: Christopher P. Brown
- Duración: 11 h y 28 m
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In 1885, Jane and Leland Stanford cofounded a university to honor their recently deceased young son. After her husband's death in 1893, Jane Stanford, a devoted spiritualist who expected the university to inculcate her values, steered Stanford into eccentricity and public controversy for more than a decade. In 1905 she was murdered in Hawaii, a victim, according to the Honolulu coroner's jury, of strychnine poisoning. With her vast fortune the university's lifeline, the Stanford president and his allies quickly sought to foreclose challenges to her bequests by constructing a story of death by natural causes. The cover-up gained traction in the murky labyrinths of power, wealth, and corruption of Gilded Age San Francisco. The murderer walked.
Deftly sifting the scattered evidence and conflicting stories of suspects and witnesses, Richard White gives us the first full account of Jane Stanford's murder and its cover-up. Against a backdrop of the city's machine politics, rogue policing, tong wars, and heated newspaper rivalries, White's search for the murderer draws us into Jane Stanford's imperious household and the academic enmities of the university. Although Stanford officials claimed that no one could have wanted to murder Jane, we meet several people who had the motives and the opportunity to do so. One of these, we discover, also had the means.
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The Glorious Cause: The American Revolution: 1763-1789
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The first book to appear in the illustrious Oxford History of the United States, this critically-acclaimed volume - a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize - offers an unsurpassed history of the Revolutionary War and the birth of the American republic.
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Strong History Rich With Behind The Scenes Details
- De John en 10-06-11
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre Who Killed Jane Stanford?
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- CateB
- 08-22-22
More than just Jane Stanford
This is clearly a well researched account of Jane Stanford’s death. It’s also a fascinating story for its setting that includes local California politics, law enforcement, and a look inside the founding of what’s become one of the USA’s stellar universities. The cast of characters around the quixotic Jane Stanford fill out the trappings of the gilded age in the Bay Area. Good read.
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- Ms. Patty
- 04-08-23
Glad it’s over
Well researched, well written, well read. So why did I find it so boring? My fault, I’m sure.
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- Bonnie b.
- 08-30-22
A bit Redundant
The book was historically interesting to me but a bit of a nod due to unnecessary redundancy.
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- eclectic reader
- 09-26-22
A riddle wrapped around the early days of Stanford University
A historical review of the origins of the Stanford fortune and the crimes behind it. We learn a little about Leland Stanford jr and his death in Florence Italy.
The bigger story is that of the founding of Stanford University and the uncertainties underlying its financial foundation.
That all provides the backdrop for examining the death of the widow Jane Sanford. The author prevents overwhelming evidence that she died of strychnine poisoning. It was clearly diagnosed by those with her at the time of death and apparently later covered up to prevent her will and bequests to the university from being contested.
The evidence presented seems conclusive. There may be evidence elsewhere to raise doubts but that seems unlikely.
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- alice
- 06-26-22
? Demise of Stanford founder
Story was a bit tedious to listen to because so many details were introduced. But, nevertheless, a slice of history that many people have not heard. I recommend it to anyone who attended Stanford the founding of this institution is far more complicated and worth historical note.
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- Dana K Fritzsche
- 09-27-22
Interesting true tale
I was very intrigued with this Deal of the Day. I had no knowledge of the history of Stanford University and had never heard of the Stanford family. I enjoyed the tale and appreciate the research. I did get "lost" a few times, which is why I rated it 4 stars rather than 5 stars.
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- Nancie
- 07-09-22
The untold secrets of Stanford
Being born and raised in Palo Alto, pulled me into the story line. I went to Jordan Jr high and off into Paly. Both parents were employed by Stanford so that was my second home.
Stanford walls always left the interest of Leland Jr, and the mystical presence of what Jane Stanford left behind in the museum and buildings.
Reading the detailed facts and open ended conspiracy theories kept me intrigued. Weaving the names such as David Starr Jordan added to mystery.
As a fraud investigator, I loved this book. Kudo’s to the author Mr White!
You won’t be able to put it down!
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- Anonymous User
- 10-13-22
Very Well Researched
An in depth look at this crime and the many characters involved. If you like true crime, history or both this book is for you.
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- Matt Javier
- 05-30-22
A Bay Area Story
Living in the San Francisco Bay Area, this is an excellent historical snapshot. I really enjoyed it.
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- JG Schmiedt
- 03-20-23
Great history
Sometime the history of various groups were to long and got in the way of the main story. Joye Schmiedt. Have recommended it to several people and our book club !
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