{"product_id":"alice-freda-forever-a-murder-in-memphis","title":"Alice + Freda Forever: A Murder in Memphis","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e \u003cem\u003eAlice + Freda Forever\u003c\/em\u003e is a gut-wrenching story of love, death, and the dangers of intolerance.\u003c\/strong\u003e\"--\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBustle\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1892, America was obsessed with a teenage murderess, but it wasn't her crime that shocked the nation--it was her motivation. Nineteen-year-old Alice Mitchell had planned to pass as a man in order to marry her seventeen-year-old fiancée Freda Ward, but when their love letters were discovered, they were forbidden from ever speaking again. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFreda adjusted to this fate with an ease that stunned a heartbroken Alice. Her desperation grew with each unanswered letter--and her father's razor soon went missing. On January 25, Alice publicly slashed her ex-fiancée's throat. Her same-sex love was deemed insane by her father that very night, and medical experts agreed: This was a dangerous and incurable perversion. As the courtroom was expanded to accommodate national interest, Alice spent months in jail--including the night that three of her fellow prisoners were lynched (an event which captured the attention of journalist and civil rights activist Ida B. Wells). After a jury of \"the finest men in Memphis\" declared Alice insane, she was remanded to an asylum, where she died under mysterious circumstances just a few years later. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eAlice + Freda Forever \u003c\/em\u003erecounts this tragic, real-life love story with over 100 illustrated love letters, maps, artifacts, historical documents, newspaper articles, courtroom proceedings, and intimate, domestic scenes.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Zest Books (Tm)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51936996163815,"sku":"9781936976607","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0449\/4075\/5096\/files\/imageloader_ecfa905c-6986-4f5a-8073-12fd211397da.jpg?v=1774995944","url":"https:\/\/arvidabookco.com\/products\/alice-freda-forever-a-murder-in-memphis","provider":"Arvida Book Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}