True crime an American anthology

Title True crime an American anthology
Names Schechter, Harold.
Book Number DB068386
Title Status Active
Medium Digital Book
Annotation Selection of American crime reporting that spans three centuries, from Plymouth Colony governor William Bradford's description of a seventeenth-century hanging to Dominick Dunne's 2001 account of the Menendez brothers' patricide. Traces cultural shifts in true-crime writing, from its religious origins to its commercialization and sensationalization. Violence and strong language. 2008.
Narrator Polk, John.
Local Subject Adult Book - AD
Adult Non-Fiction - AN
Short Pieces (Non-Fiction) - SHP
Journalism & the Media - JOU
Crime & True Detective - CRI
General Non-Fiction - GNF
Current Events / Contemporary Issues - CON
Social Needs and Problems - CONP
Long Book - LO
Audience Notes Male narrator.
Contains strong language.
Contains violence.
LC Subject Crime - United States
Call Number 364.15 AFI
Language English
Released 2008
Publication Info Washington, D.C. : National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress, 2008 (American Printing House for the Blind, recording studio).
Original Publication Recorded from: New York : Library of America, c2008. 9781598530315
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