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The Story of Chicago May
Nuala O'Faolain - Riverhead Books
Format: Hardcover
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A unique, ruminative biography-a fascinating excursion into the American underworld at the dawn of the twentieth century, the life of an unrespectable Irish woman, and the hidden inner life of any woman who has tried to choose the unconventional path-by the author of the New York Times... |
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For the Thrill of It: Leopold, Loeb, and the Murder That Shocked Chicago
Simon Baatz - HarperCollins
Format: Hardcover
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It was a crime that shocked the nation, a brutal murder in Chicago in 1924 of a child, by two wealthy college students who killed solely for the thrill of the experience. Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb had first met several years earlier, and their friendship had blossomed into a love... |
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The Monster of Florence
Douglas Preston - Grand Central Publishing
Format: Hardcover
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In the nonfiction tradition of John Berendt ("Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil") and Erik Larson ("The Devil in the White City") , New York Times bestselling author Douglas Preston presents a gripping account of crime and punishment in the lush hills surrounding... |
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Dial M: The Murder of Carol Thompson
William Swanson - Borealis Books
Format: Book
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At 9:00 on the morning of March 6, 1963, in the quiet neighborhood of Highland Park, Mrs. Fritz Pearson glanced out her window and saw something almost unimaginable: slumped on the front steps of the home across the street was a woman, partially clothed in a blue bathrobe and bloodied beyond... |
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The Beautiful Cigar Girl: Mary Rogers, Edgar Allan Poe, and the Invention of Murder
Daniel Stashower - Dutton Adult
Format: Hardcover
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A gruesome murder, a stunned city, and Edgar Allan Poe come to life with vivid detail in this shocking true story by award-winning author Daniel Stashower On July 28, 1841, the battered body of a young woman was found floating in the Hudson River. It was soon discovered to be the lovely... |
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The Assassin's Accomplice: Mary Surratt and the Plot to Kill Abraham Lincoln
Kate Clifford Larson - Basic Books
Format: Book
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In The Assassin's Accomplice, historian Kate Clifford Larson tells the gripping story of Mary Surratt, a little-known participant in the plot to kill Abraham Lincoln, and the first woman ever to be executed by the federal government of the United States. Surratt, a Confederate sympathizer,... |
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Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper--Case Closed
Patricia Daniels Cornwell - Putnam's
Format: Print book
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The number-one New York Times-bestselling novelist Patricia Cornwell is known the world over for her brilliant storytelling, the courage of her characters, and the state-of-the-art forensic methods they employ. In this headline-making new work of nonfiction, Cornwell turns her trademark... |
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