Harold Schechter: Depraved | Taschenbuch

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The heinous bloodlust of Dr. H.H. Holmes is notorious -- but only Harold Schechter's Depraved tells the complete story of the killer whose evil acts of torture and murder flourished within miles of the Chicago World's Fair. "Destined to be a true crime classic" (Flint Journal, MI), this authoritative account chronicles the methods and madness of a monster who slipped easily into a bright, affluent Midwestern suburb, where no one suspected the dapper, charming Holmes -- who alternately posed as doctor, druggist, and inventor to snare his prey -- was the architect of a labyrinthine "Castle of Horrors." Holmes admitted to twenty-seven murders by the time his madhouse of trapdoors, asphyxiation devices, body chutes, and acid vats was exposed. The seminal profile of a homegrown madman in the era of Jack the Ripper, Depraved is also a mesmerizing tale of true detection long before the age of technological wizardry.

Über den Autor

Harold Schechter is Professor Emeritus at Queens College, where he taught classes in American literature and myth criticism for forty-two years. His essays have appeared in publications includingThe New York Times,The Wall Street Journal,Los Angeles Times, and many more. An esteemed true crime historian, he has written the definitive accounts of some of Americas most infamous murderers, including the nonfiction booksFatal,Fiend,Bestial,Deviant,Deranged,Depraved, andThe Serial Killers File. He is the editor of the Library of America volume,True Crime: An American [...] has twice been a finalist for an Edgar Award. His most recent books includeButchers Work: True Crime Tales of American MurderandMadness and Murderabilia: A History of Crime in 100 Objects. In addition to his work in narrative nonfiction, Schechter is the author of an acclaimed series of detective novels based on the works of Edgar Allan Poe. He lives with his family in New York.

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2008
Fachbereich:	Strafrecht
Genre:	Importe , Recht
Produktart:	Nachschlagewerke
Rubrik:	Recht & Wirtschaft
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9781439124055
ISBN-10:	1439124051
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Schechter, Harold
Hersteller:	Pocket Books
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	203 x 127 x 27 mm
Von/Mit:	Harold Schechter
Erscheinungsdatum:	04.08.2008
Gewicht:	0,531 kg