Title | True crime an American anthology |
Names | Schechter, Harold. |
Book Number | DB068386 |
Title Status | Active |
Medium | Digital Book |
Download Link | Downloadable talking 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. |
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Contains violence. |
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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 |