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American demon : Eliot Ness and the hunt for America's Jack the Ripper / Daniel Stashower.
"New York Times bestselling author and Edgar Award-winner Daniel Stashower returns with American Demon, a historical true crime starring legendary lawman Eliot Ness."-- Provided by publisher.
1930s. In the depths of the Great Depression, Cleveland was terrorized by over a dozen bodies found scattered around the city. The bodies were dismembered with surgical precision and drained of blood. Cleveland's mayor turned to his newly appointed director of public safety: Eliot Ness. Stashower uncovers the story of Ness's hunt for the sadistic killer-- called the Mad Butcher of Kingsbury Run, who was able to hide in plain sight. -- adapted from jacket
Item details
- ISBN: 9781250041166
- ISBN: 1250041163
- Physical Description: viii, 342 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Minotaur Books, an imprint of St. Martin's Publishing Group, 2022.
- Copyright: ©2022
Contents / Notes
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [327]-330) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Prologue: The last of the good guys -- Al's nemesis. The lady in the lake ; Chicago has fallen ; Jackass hill ; Snorky's last ride -- The Mad Butcher strikes again. Capone nemesis gets big job ; Woman slain, head sought in coal bins ; "Let's go" ; The tattooed man ; Lake torso ; Voodoo doctors and chicken freaks ; Steel and bone ; Do you know this room? -- Who is this mad torso killer?. Gaylord Sundheim ; Misguided zeal ; The hot seat ; There goes Eliot Ness ; The American Sweeney -- Epilogue: Eliot-Am-Big-U-ous Ness. |
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| Subject: | Serial murders > Ohio > Cleveland > Case studies. Homicide investigation > Ohio > Cleveland > Case studies. Ness, Eliot. |
| Genre: | True crime stories. |
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| Athens Regional Library System: Athens-Clarke County Library |
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