Invoked as a legal defense for the murder of a wife or her lover by the Legal concept that husbands used to assert this authority and it usually was The right to decide whether their wives lived or died. Respectable women lived tightly limited lives and theirĪctivities were controlled by their husbands. Unwritten Law – In the 19 th and early 20 thĬenturies the lives of women were extremely controlled by the idea of In the meantime here is what you can expect inside: Have been told that the stories are compelling. Stories I have collected a great set of historical photos of Portland and some Twentieth century and the first part of this century. The future I may write a second volume that will deal with the last half of the Limitations of space I deal with Portland’s history from 1851 to about 1945 in Stories of some of the city’s more interesting murders. Present the history of my favorite city, Portland, Oregon by telling the The culmination of sixteen years of research on murders in Portland and I had aĬlear vision of what I wanted to accomplish with it. You can use any of the links on this page to order your copy from the publisher now, or you can get it from, Barnes and Noble or Powells. Latest book, Murder and Mayhem in Portland, Oregonis finally available from the History Press.
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