Author: BERNARD J. WHALEN, PHILIP MESSING, ROBERT MLADINICH
Title: Undisclosed Files of the Police. Cases from the Archives of the NYPD from 1831 to the Present
Description: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers. Gekartonneerd met stofomslag. Pp: 319. More than 175 years of true crimes culled from the city`s police blotter, told through startling, rarely seen images and insightful text by two NYPD officers and a NYC crime reporter.nFrom atrocities that occurred before the establishment of New York`s police force in 1845 through the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center in 2001 to the present day, this visual history is an insider`s look at more than 80 real-life crimes that shocked the nation, from arson to gangland murders, robberies, serial killers, bombings, and kidnappings, including:n-Architect Stanford White`s fatal shooting at Madison Square Garden over his deflowering of a teenage chorus girl.n-The anarchist bombing of Wall Street in 1920, which killed 39 people and injured hundreds more with flying shrapnel.n-The 1928 hit at the Park Sheraton Hotel on mobster Arnold Rothstein, who died refusing to name his shooter.n-Kitty Genovese`s 1964 senseless stabbing, famously witnessed by dozen of bystanders who did not intervene.n-Son of Sam, a serial killer who eluded police for months while terrorizing the city, was finally apprehended through a simple parking ticket.nPerfect for crime buffs, urban historians, and fans of Serial and Making of a Murderer, this riveting collection details New York`s most startling and unsettling crimes through behind-the-scenes analysis of investigations and more than 500 revealing photographs. ISBN: 9780316391238. Cond./Kwaliteit: Ramsj.
Keywords: 9780316391238
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Title: Undisclosed Files of the Police. Cases from the Archives of the NYPD from 1831 to the Present
Description: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers. Gekartonneerd met stofomslag. Pp: 319. More than 175 years of true crimes culled from the city`s police blotter, told through startling, rarely seen images and insightful text by two NYPD officers and a NYC crime reporter.nFrom atrocities that occurred before the establishment of New York`s police force in 1845 through the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center in 2001 to the present day, this visual history is an insider`s look at more than 80 real-life crimes that shocked the nation, from arson to gangland murders, robberies, serial killers, bombings, and kidnappings, including:n-Architect Stanford White`s fatal shooting at Madison Square Garden over his deflowering of a teenage chorus girl.n-The anarchist bombing of Wall Street in 1920, which killed 39 people and injured hundreds more with flying shrapnel.n-The 1928 hit at the Park Sheraton Hotel on mobster Arnold Rothstein, who died refusing to name his shooter.n-Kitty Genovese`s 1964 senseless stabbing, famously witnessed by dozen of bystanders who did not intervene.n-Son of Sam, a serial killer who eluded police for months while terrorizing the city, was finally apprehended through a simple parking ticket.nPerfect for crime buffs, urban historians, and fans of Serial and Making of a Murderer, this riveting collection details New York`s most startling and unsettling crimes through behind-the-scenes analysis of investigations and more than 500 revealing photographs. ISBN: 9780316391238. Cond./Kwaliteit: Ramsj.
Keywords: 9780316391238
Price: EUR 16.95 = appr. US$ 18.42 Seller: De Slegte
- Book number: 2050374
- Book number: 2050374
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