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Book Description

The Borden murders took place in the city of Fall River, Massachusetts, and the house where the murders took place is today operated as a Bed and Breakfast. The city also has numerous historical buildings and tourists come to see the famous battleship USS Massachusetts from World War 2. The ancient Indian name for the area is Quequechan, which means falling water. In 1811, the first cotton mill was established, and in time the city became well-known for its textile mills, which brought it prosperity well into the 1920s. It was these mills in large part that made Lizzie Borden's father, Andrew, a rich man by 1892.

David Rehak spent eight years (four years of study, two years of research, and two more years of writing and revision) in the production of this book. He became intrigued with Lizzie Borden after viewing an A&E television biography on her in 1996.

According to Mr. Rehak, Lizzie was an average, unremarkable woman, and the most extraordinary criminal or criminal suspect in history. Before she was accused of murder, she was a tiny grain of sand, an absolute nobody who no one took much notice of, and who would have lived a low profile life and vanished from the world's memory like the flame of a candle. But after she was accused of murder, she became an unforgettable symbol and legend, an absolute somebody. The debate on whether Lizzie Borden was innocent or guilty brings out passionate feelings and disagreements in every sort of person. In fact, during the trial, according to the New York Times, it was estimated that about nineteen hundred marriages ended in divorce because of the intense difference of opinion between husbands and wives that the controversy created. The divide between those who believe she did the crime and those who don't sometimes runs very deep. Did Lizzie Borden take an axe and kill her parents?

This book has been revised from the original and has more vintage pictures and information about the Lizzie Borden Mystery. Over 300 pages of interesting information and pictures.

About the Author

DAVID REHAK is a Lizzie Borden researcher whose primary interest is in trying to uncover new, rare, or overlooked Bordenia. He is the author of several crime suspense novels, and has worked with police as a freelance private detective distinguished for his strong mind and exceptional investigative skills.

David currently lives in the Czech Republic, where he teaches at a language school in Uhersky Brod.