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Shocking and sensational : the stories behind famous true crime and scandal books
- Title
- Shocking and sensational : the stories behind famous true crime and scandal books / Julian Upton.
- Author
- Upton, Julian
- Publication
- Jefferson, North Carolina : Exposit, an imprint of McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2018]
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFD 18-3575 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- vi, 185 pages; 23 cm
- Summary
- "Already part of a genre known for generating controversy, some true crime and scandal books have wielded a particular power to unsettle readers, provoke authorities and renew interest in a case. The reactions to such literature have been as contentious as the books themselves, clouding the "truth" with a trail of myths and inaccuracies"--
- Alternative Title
- Stories behind famous true crime and scandal books
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Thelma Todd: eighty-year death riddle -- The secrets behind the door: Ten Rillington Place (1961) -- Say goodbye to the truth? The strange death of Marilyn Monroe (1964) -- Provocative action: JFK and Mark Lane's Rush to judgment (1966) -- Facts and fictions: the Alice Crimmins case -- Executioner: Pierrepoint (1974) -- Lord Lucan: an honorable manhunt -- Memoirs of a survivor: Mommie dearest (1978) -- Hollywood checks scandal: indecent exposure (1982) -- Lethal book deal: Fatal vision (1983) -- Crimes of passion: the killing of the unicorn (1984) -- Mary Bell: outcries and cries unheard (1998) -- Sins of the father: Black Dahlia avenger (2003) -- Undetermined factors: goodbye Natalie, goodbye Splendour (2009).
- Call Number
- JFD 18-3575
- ISBN
- 9781476671093
- 1476671095
- 9781476633701 (ebook) (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2018021858
- OCLC
- 1024216688
- Author
- Upton, Julian, author.
- Title
- Shocking and sensational : the stories behind famous true crime and scandal books / Julian Upton.
- Publisher
- Jefferson, North Carolina : Exposit, an imprint of McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2018]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1900-1999
- Research Call Number
- JFD 18-3575