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Swarthmore College: Historian Bruce Dorsey Explores Scandalous 19th Century Murder in New Book
October 03, 2023
SWARTHMORE, Pennsylvania, Oct. 3 (TNSres) -- Swarthmore College issued the following news:

What can we learn from a murder that happened in 1832? Professor and Chair of History Bruce Dorsey explores this question in his new book, Murder in A Mill Town: Sex, Faith, and the Crime That Captivated a Nation, based on a class he taught by the same name from 1995 to 2011.

Dorsey will be holding a book talk and signing at Swarthmore Campus & Community Bookstore on Oct. 5 fr . . .

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