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Bernard J. Whalen , Philip Messing 179943, Robert Mladinich 179944 - Undisclosed Files of the Police. Cases from the Archives of the NYPD from 1831 to the Present

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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. From 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: -Architect Stanford White`s fatal shooting at Madison Square Garden over his deflowering of a teenage chorus girl. -The anarchist bombing of Wall Street in 1920, which killed 39 people and injured hundreds more with flying shrapnel. -The 1928 hit at the Park Sheraton Hotel on mobster Arnold Rothstein, who died refusing to name his shooter. -Kitty Genovese`s 1964 senseless stabbing, famously witnessed by dozen of bystanders who did not intervene. -Son of Sam, a serial killer who eluded police for months while terrorizing the city, was finally apprehended through a simple parking ticket. Perfect 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: Redelijk.
EUR 12.50 [Appr.: US$ 13.59 | £UK 10.75 | JP¥ 2115] Book number 2050374

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