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The Girls of Murder City: Fame, Lust, and the Beautiful Killers who Inspired Chi
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Caractéristiques de l'objet
- État
- ISBN
- 9780670021970
- Book Title
- Girls of Murder City : Fame, Lust, and the Beautiful Killers Who Inspired Chicago
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Item Length
- 3.7 in
- Publication Year
- 2010
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 0.4 in
- Genre
- True Crime, History, Social Science
- Topic
- Murder / General, United States / 20th Century, Women's Studies
- Item Weight
- 18.6 Oz
- Item Width
- 6.3 in
- Number of Pages
- 320 Pages
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Product Information
THE UNTOLD TRUE STORY OF THE BEAUTIFUL KILLERS WHO DAZZLED A CITY AND INSPIRED THE ICONIC MUSICAL CHICAGO Chicago, 1924. There was nothing surprising about men turning up dead in the Second City. Life was cheaper than a quart of bathtub gin in the gangland capital of the world. But a pair pf murders that spring had something special. For intrepid 'girl reporter' Maurine Watkins, a minister's daughter from tiny Crawfordsville, Indiana, big city life offered unimagined excitement. Newspaperwomen were supposed to write about clubs, cooking and clothes, but within weeks of starting at the Chicago Tribune, Watkins found herself embroiled in two scandalous sex-fuelled murder cases. The first involved Belva Gaertner, the witty, sophisticated millionaire divorcee who feared returning to the poverty of her childhood. Then there was Beulah Annan a Kentucky farm girl turned jazz baby whose wistful beauty obscured an ice-cold narcissism. Both had gunned down their lovers under mysterious circumstances. In Chicago, Watkins learned, the all-male juries didn't convict women-especially beautiful women. The young reporter was determined to change that. She mocked 'Stylish Belva' and 'Beautiful Beulah' on the front page and made them the talk of the town. But the public reaction was not what she expected. Love-struck men sent flowers to the jail; newly emancipated women sent impassioned letters to the newspapers. Soon more than a dozen 'murderesses' preened and strutted in Cook Country Jail as they awaited trial, desperate for the same attention that wa being lavished on Watkins's 'favourites.' None of these women-nor the police, the reporters, or the public-could imagine the bizarre way it would all end Douglas Perry vividly captures the sensationalized circus atmosphere that gave Chicago its most famous story. Fueled by rich period detail and a cast of characters who seemed destined for the stage. The Girls of Murder City is crackling social history that simultaneously presents the freewheeling spirit of the Jazz Age and its sober repercussions.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0670021970
ISBN-13
9780670021970
eBay Product ID (ePID)
79862728
Product Key Features
Book Title
Girls of Murder City : Fame, Lust, and the Beautiful Killers Who Inspired Chicago
Number of Pages
320 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Murder / General, United States / 20th Century, Women's Studies
Publication Year
2010
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
True Crime, History, Social Science
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.4 in
Item Weight
18.6 Oz
Item Length
3.7 in
Item Width
6.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Reviews
"For true crime buffs, history fans or anyone interested in the roaring 1920s, this one's a sure-fire hit." -Minneapolis Star Tribune "Perry takes a sturdy foundation of murder, sex and Chicago's scandal-happy newspapers and builds a nonfiction marvel. His bouncy, exuberant prose perfectly complements the theatricality of the proceedings, and he deftly maneuvers away from the main story without ever losing momentum...The Girls of Murder Citynot only illustrates the origins of a new media monster, but reminds us that we've never been that innocent." -BookPage "A jazzy reprise of a time when the criminal justice system in Chicago let good- looking killers off the hook and newspapers exploited every lurid detail of dalliances turned fatal for their front pages." -Shelf Awareness "As entertaining as Chicago(on stage or screen), and far more informative, The Girls of Murder Cityrecaptures a moment in which the Victorian feminine ideal was (and wasn't) giving way to the "churning change" of the flapper lifestyle - and ebulliently elucidates the emergence of the criminal as celebrity. It's this summer's "not guilty" pleasure." -NPR, Books We Like "Consistently entertaining...A chronicle of the wild spring and summer of 1924, when Chicago was afflicted with a seeming epidemic of female murderers." -Kirkus Reviews "[A] well-researched, fast-paced story behind the story." -Booklist, "The recounting of the murders is gripping stuff, but where Perry shows a particularly gifted touch is in the sights and smells of a 1920s newsroom." -The Portland Oregonian "The Girls of Murder Cityspans several categories-true-crime, comedy, social history. It turns out that behind "Chicago" there was a sexy, swaggering, historical tale in no need of a soundtrack. Liked the movie. Loved the book." -The Wall Street Journal "Fans of true crime and popular history will enjoy the book's oversized female characters and its hardboiled background of crime and no punishment." -The Boston Globe "For true crime buffs, history fans or anyone interested in the roaring 1920s, this one's a sure-fire hit." -Minneapolis Star Tribune "Perry takes a sturdy foundation of murder, sex and Chicago's scandal-happy newspapers and builds a nonfiction marvel. His bouncy, exuberant prose perfectly complements the theatricality of the proceedings, and he deftly maneuvers away from the main story without ever losing momentum...The Girls of Murder Citynot only illustrates the origins of a new media monster, but reminds us that we've never been that innocent." -BookPage "A jazzy reprise of a time when the criminal justice system in Chicago let good- looking killers off the hook and newspapers exploited every lurid detail of dalliances turned fatal for their front pages." -Shelf Awareness "As entertaining as Chicago(on stage or screen), and far more informative, The Girls of Murder Cityrecaptures a moment in which the Victorian feminine ideal was (and wasn't) giving way to the "churning change" of the flapper lifestyle - and ebulliently elucidates the emergence of the criminal as celebrity. It's this summer's "not guilty" pleasure." -NPR, Books We Like "Consistently entertaining...A chronicle of the wild spring and summer of 1924, when Chicago was afflicted with a seeming epidemic of female murderers." -Kirkus Reviews "[A] well-researched, fast-paced story behind the story." -Booklist, "Consistently entertaining...A chronicle of the wild spring and summer of 1924, when Chicago was afflicted with a seeming epidemic of female murderers." -Kirkus Reviews "[A] well-researched, fast-paced story behind the story." -Booklist "For true crime buffs, history fans or anyone interested in the roaring 1920s, this one's a sure-fire hit." -Minneapolis Star Tribune, "The recounting of the murders is gripping stuff, but where Perry shows a particularly gifted touch is in the sights and smells of a 1920s newsroom." - The Portland Oregonian " The Girls of Murder City spans several categories-true-crime, comedy, social history. It turns out that behind "Chicago" there was a sexy, swaggering, historical tale in no need of a soundtrack. Liked the movie. Loved the book." - The Wall Street Journal "Fans of true crime and popular history will enjoy the book's oversized female characters and its hardboiled background of crime and no punishment." - The Boston Globe "For true crime buffs, history fans or anyone interested in the roaring 1920s, this one's a sure-fire hit." - Minneapolis Star Tribune "Perry takes a sturdy foundation of murder, sex and Chicago's scandal-happy newspapers and builds a nonfiction marvel. His bouncy, exuberant prose perfectly complements the theatricality of the proceedings, and he deftly maneuvers away from the main story without ever losing momentum... The Girls of Murder City not only illustrates the origins of a new media monster, but reminds us that we've never been that innocent." - BookPage "A jazzy reprise of a time when the criminal justice system in Chicago let good- looking killers off the hook and newspapers exploited every lurid detail of dalliances turned fatal for their front pages." - Shelf Awareness "As entertaining as Chicago (on stage or screen), and far more informative, The Girls of Murder City recaptures a moment in which the Victorian feminine ideal was (and wasn't) giving way to the "churning change" of the flapper lifestyle - and ebulliently elucidates the emergence of the criminal as celebrity. It's this summer's "not guilty" pleasure." - NPR, Books We Like "Consistently entertaining...A chronicle of the wild spring and summer of 1924, when Chicago was afflicted with a seeming epidemic of female murderers." - Kirkus Reviews "[A] well-researched, fast-paced story behind the story." - Booklist
Dewey Edition
22
Grade from
Twelfth Grade
Lccn
2010-003980
Dewey Decimal
364.152/3092277311
Lc Classification Number
Hv6517.P475 2010
Copyright Date
2010
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