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Eliot Ness and the Mad Butcher: Hunting a Serial Killer at the Dawn of Modern
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Publication Date
- 2021-07-13
- Pages
- 576
- ISBN
- 9780062881984
- Book Title
- Eliot Ness and the Mad Butcher : Hunting a Serial Killer at the Dawn of Modern Criminology
- Item Length
- 8.1in
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Publication Year
- 2021
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.4in
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, True Crime, History, Social Science
- Topic
- United States / 20th Century, Sociology / General, General, Law Enforcement
- Item Width
- 5.3in
- Item Weight
- 15.1 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 576 Pages
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"The thrilling history of the torso murderer. The tale of the 'Untouchable' who got Al Capone but failed to solve his goriest case." --Dan Jones, The Sunday Times In the spirit of Devil in the White City comes a true detective tale of the highest standard: the haunting story of Eliot Ness's forgotten final case-his years-long hunt for "The Mad Butcher of Kingsbury Run," a serial killer who terrorized Cleveland through the Great Depression. "After helping to put Al Capone behind bars, lawman Eliot Ness came to Cleveland, where he did battle with a vicious killer. ... Even Ness was stumped trying to apprehend the 'torso murderer' responsible for a series of ghoulish killings. ... The authors have done Ness justice." --Wall Street Journal In 1934, the nation's most legendary crime-fighter-fresh from taking on the greatest gangster in American history-arrived in Cleveland, a corrupt and dangerous town about to host a world's fair. It was to be his coronation, as well as the city's. Instead, terror descended, as headless bodies started turning up. The young detective, already battling the mob and crooked cops, found his drive to transform American policing subverted by a menace largely unknown to law enforcement: a serial murderer. Eliot Ness's greatest case had begun. Now, Max Allan Collins and A. Brad Schwartz-the acclaimed writing team behind Scarface and the Untouchable-uncover this lost crime epic, delivering a gripping and unforgettable nonfiction account based on decades of groundbreaking research. Ness had risen to fame in 1931 for leading the "Untouchables," which helped put Chicago's Al Capone behind bars. As Cleveland's public safety director, in charge of the police and fire departments, Ness offered a radical new vision for better law enforcement. Crime-ridden and devastated by the Depression, Cleveland was preparing for a star-turn itself: in 1936, it would host the "Great Lakes Exposition," which would be visited by seven million people. Late in the summer of 1934, however, pieces of a woman's body began washing up on the Lake Erie shore-first her ribs, then part of her backbone, then the lower half of her torso. The body count soon grew to five, then ten, then more, all dismembered in gruesome ways. As Ness zeroed in on a suspect-a doctor tied to a prominent political family-powerful forces thwarted his quest for justice. In this battle between a flawed hero and a twisted monster-by turns horror story, political drama, and detective thriller-Collins and Schwartz find an American tragedy, classic in structure, epic in scope.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
HarperCollins
ISBN-10
0062881981
ISBN-13
9780062881984
eBay Product ID (ePID)
9050023835
Product Key Features
Book Title
Eliot Ness and the Mad Butcher : Hunting a Serial Killer at the Dawn of Modern Criminology
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
United States / 20th Century, Sociology / General, General, Law Enforcement
Publication Year
2021
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, True Crime, History, Social Science
Number of Pages
576 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8.1in
Item Height
1.4in
Item Width
5.3in
Item Weight
15.1 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Hv6534.C55c65 2020
Reviews
Collins and Schwartz bring their usual novelistic chops...laying out a compulsive and insightful story., "The thrilling history of the torso murderer. The tale of the 'Untouchable' who got Al Capone but failed to solve his goriest case. ... A deeply researched book which reads like a thriller and sheds new light on a poorly understood modern American icon. Crime history doesn't get a lot better than that." -- Dan Jones, The Sunday Times (London) "After helping to put Al Capone behind bars, lawman Eliot Ness came to Cleveland, where he did battle with a vicious killer. ... The authors have done Ness justice. ... Deeply researched." -- Wall Street Journal "A careening read that's full of surprises. ... Collins and Schwartz deliver a nimble, taut tale. More importantly, they offer a portrait of a complex crime fighter who believed in science and reason at a time when most officers smacked suspects around with a blackjack, a portrait set against a backdrop of ethnic and class collisions, labor unrest, and political intrigue Catnip for true-crime buffs." -- Kirkus Reviews "An excellent biography that reads like a thriller. ... A worthwhile, entertaining reading experience." -- New York Journal of Books "Collins and Schwartz bring their usual novelistic chops...laying out a compulsive and insightful story." -- CrimeReads "Thoroughly researched and well paced. ... A successful blend of history and suspense." -- Library Journal "Meticulously researched." -- Publishers Weekly, A careening read that's full of surprises. ... Collins and Schwartz deliver a nimble, taut tale. More importantly, they offer a portrait of a complex crime fighter who believed in science and reason at a time when most officers smacked suspects around with a blackjack, a portrait set against a backdrop of ethnic and class collisions, labor unrest, and political intrigue Catnip for true-crime buffs., After helping to put Al Capone behind bars, lawman Eliot Ness came to Cleveland, where he did battle with a vicious killer. ... The authors have done Ness justice. ... Deeply researched., An excellent biography that reads like a thriller. ... A worthwhile, entertaining reading experience.
Lccn
2020-005488
Dewey Decimal
364.15232092
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
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