American murder
criminals, crime, and the media
by Mike Mayo
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Investigating the way Hollywood scoops up notorious criminals and turns them into legends, this entertaining who's-who guide provides thumbnail sketches of such killers as Ma Barker, Black Beard, Al Capone, John Wesley Hardin, and Charles Starkweather. Noting that some figures are glamorized in popular culture (Jesse James), while others are demonized (Charles Manson), this encyclopedic collection explores the legends' emotional truths as depicted in movies, stories, and songs. Facts of the real cases behind these notorious criminals are also presented, including the landmark rulings that pioneered new approaches to criminal justice.
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American murder: criminals, crime, and the media
2008, Visible Ink Press
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American Murder: Criminals, Crimes and the Media
February 1, 2008, Visible Ink Press
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in English
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"Scurrilous cutthroats, marauding desperadoes, demented psychopaths, deluded assassins, serial widows, ruthless gangsters, angels of death, and hardened hitmen from colonial times to the present, and the songs, books, plays, and films they have inspired."
Includes bibliographical references (p. 385-394) and index.
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