Chicago Sensations; Or, Leaves from the Note Book of a Chicago Reporter and Detective ...
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Page : 176 pages
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Release : 1885
Category : Criminology
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Page : 176 pages
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Release : 1885
Category : Criminology
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Author : James Maitland
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Page : 153 pages
File Size : 24,62 MB
Release : 1886
Category : Crime
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Author : James Maitland
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Page : 164 pages
File Size : 33,92 MB
Release : 2018-12-06
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ISBN : 9783337703448
Author : Maitland James
Publisher : Palala Press
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 18,63 MB
Release : 2016-05-05
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ISBN : 9781355518419
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Page : 164 pages
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Release : 2017-10-11
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Excerpt from Chicago Sensations: Or, Leaves From the Note Book of a Chicago Reporter and Detective But it is not alone in the lower and brutal grades of crime that Chicago stands pre-eminent. A cer tain looseness of morals exists which has no par allel in any other city in the world. The divorce courts are blocked with business, and the deadly canker of domestic infelicity is daily destroying thousands of homes which should be temples of love and joy and peace. Strange and horrible crimes often spring from this domestic discord. This leaf will reveal one of many features of horror and painful sadness. It will show to what extent misguided passion will lead its victims - to what extreme a deceived woman will go for revenge. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author : James Maitland
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Page : 254 pages
File Size : 49,30 MB
Release : 1879
Category : Crime
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Author : James Maitland
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Page : 274 pages
File Size : 13,37 MB
Release : 1881
Category : Crime
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Author : James Maitland
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Page : 260 pages
File Size : 16,65 MB
Release : 2019-05-21
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ISBN : 9783337783822
Author : LeRoy Lad Panek
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 25,6 MB
Release : 2017-02-19
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1476628114
Until recently, only a privileged few could read the rare, early writings that formed the basis of detective fiction in America and made it one of the most popular literary genres of the 19th century. Drawing on the unprecedented access provided by digital collections of period newspapers and magazines, this book examines detective fiction during its formative years, focusing on such crucial elements as setting, lawyers and the law, physicians and forensics, women as victims and heroes, crime and criminals, and police and detectives.
Author : Jeffrey S. Adler
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 10,16 MB
Release : 2009-07-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0674020081
Between 1875 and 1920, Chicago's homicide rate more than quadrupled, making it the most violent major urban center in the United States--or, in the words of Lincoln Steffens, "first in violence, deepest in dirt." In many ways, however, Chicago became more orderly as it grew. Hundreds of thousands of newcomers poured into the city, yet levels of disorder fell and rates of drunkenness, brawling, and accidental death dropped. But if Chicagoans became less volatile and less impulsive, they also became more homicidal. Based on an analysis of nearly six thousand homicide cases, First in Violence, Deepest in Dirt examines the ways in which industrialization, immigration, poverty, ethnic and racial conflict, and powerful cultural forces reshaped city life and generated soaring levels of lethal violence. Drawing on suicide notes, deathbed declarations, courtroom testimony, and commutation petitions, Jeffrey Adler reveals the pressures fueling murders in turn-of-the-century Chicago. During this era Chicagoans confronted social and cultural pressures powerful enough to trigger surging levels of spouse killing and fatal robberies. Homicide shifted from the swaggering rituals of plebeian masculinity into family life and then into street life. From rage killers to the "Baby Bandit Quartet," Adler offers a dramatic portrait of Chicago during a period in which the characteristic elements of modern homicide in America emerged.