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Minnie Dean : her life and crimes /

Hood, Lynley, 1942-

Minnie Dean : her life and crimes / Lynley Hood. - Auckland, N.Z. : Penguin Books, 1994. - 221 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., facsims., map, ports. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 210-214) and index.

The story of the legendary Minnie Dean, the Winton baby farmer, hanged for the murder of six children in Southland in 1895, is part of New Zealand mythology. In this book the award-winning biographer of Sylvia Ashton-Warner leads the reader through a labyrinth of myths and legends to the real Minnie Dean and raises some disturbing questions.

ISBN: 0140167633 (pbk.) : $34.95

Subjects--Personal Names:
Dean, Minnie, 1847-1895.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Women murderers--New Zealand--Biography.
Infanticide--New Zealand.

Dewey Class. No.: 364.1523099396

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