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Master detective : the life and crimes of Ellis Parker, America's real-life Sherlock Holmes / John Reisinger.

Reisinger, John. (Author).

Record details

  • ISBN: 0806527501
  • ISBN: 9780806527505
  • Physical Description: xiii, 320 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: New York : Citadel Press, [2006]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-308) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
1 A Crime in the Next County (1932) 1 -- 2 A Fiddler Becomes a Detective (1871-1900) 17 -- 3 Bloody Murder and Burning Barns (1901-1919) 28 -- 4 Bootleggers, a Pickled Corpse, and 175 Suspects (1920-1922) 45 -- 5 Two Weddings and a Scandal (1922-1929) 66 -- 6 Depression Crimes (1930-1932) 85 -- 7 Crime of the Century-the Case of a Lifetime (1932-1933) 107 -- 8 A Semi-Official Investigation (1932) 117 -- 9 Bradway Brown and an International Fugitive (1933-1934) 131 -- 10 Most Hated Man in America (1934) 151 -- 11 Second Opinions and Second Guesses (1935-1936) 165 -- 12 Second Lindbergh Kidnapping (1936) 185 -- 13 Confessions (1936) 200 -- 14 Storm (1936) 216 -- 15 Trial of Ellis Parker-the Prosecution (1937) 244 -- 16 Trial of Ellis Parker-the Defense, and the Verdict (1937) 257 -- 17 His Last Bow (1937-1940) 273.
Subject:
Lindbergh, Charles Augustus, 1930-1932 > Kidnapping, 1932.
Parker, Ellis, 1871-1940.
Criminal investigation > New Jersey > Case studies.
Detectives > New Jersey > Biography.
Kidnapping > New Jersey > Hopewell > Case studies.
Genre:
Biographies.
Case studies.

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