Who killed Jane Stanford? : a gilded age tale of murder, deceit, spirits and the birth of a university
by White, Richard, 1947- (Author)
Summary
"A premier historian penetrates the fog of corruption and cover-up still surrounding the murder of a Stanford University founder to establish who did it, how, and why. In 1885 Jane and Leland Stanford cofounded a university to honor their recently deceased young son. After her husband's death in 189... Full description
- Poland Spring Water
- Founding a university
- Quarrels
- A system of absolutism
- Travels toward a poisoning
- Death comes for Mrs. Stanford
- The investigation begins
- The investigation
- The cover-up
- Jane Stanford comes home
- Who killed her?