| Description |
1 online resource (xxi, 425 pages) : illustrations |
| Note |
"Scurrilous cutthroats, marauding desperadoes, demented psychopaths, deluded assassins, serial widows, ruthless gangsters, angels of death, and hardened hitmen from colonial times to the present, and the songs, books, plays, and films they have inspired." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 385-394) and index. |
| Contents |
Front Cover; About the Author; Dedication; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; Acknowledgements; Bibliography; Index; Back Cover. |
| Summary |
Investigating the way Hollywood scoops up notorious criminals and turns them into legends, this entertaining who's-who guide provides thumbnail sketches of such killers as Ma Barker, Black Beard, Al Capone, John Wesley Hardin, and Charles Starkweather. Noting that some figures are glamorized in popular culture (Jesse James), while others are demonized (Charles Manson), this encyclopedic collection explores the legends' emotional truths as depicted in movies, stories, and songs. Facts of the real cases behind these notorious criminals are also presented, including the landmark rulings that pion. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Subject |
Crime in popular culture -- United States -- Case studies.
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Crime in mass media -- Case studies.
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Murder in mass media -- Case studies.
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Crime in popular culture.
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TRUE CRIME -- General.
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TRUE CRIME -- Murder -- General.
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Crime in mass media. (OCoLC)fst00883040
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Crime in popular culture. (OCoLC)fst00883042
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Murder in mass media. (OCoLC)fst01029805
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Genre/Form |
Case studies. (OCoLC)fst01423765
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Mayo, Mike, 1948- American murder. Canton, MI : Visible Ink Press, ©2008 (DLC) 2007047626 |
| ISBN |
9781578592272 (electronic bk.) |
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1578592275 (electronic bk.) |
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9781578592562 (electronic bk.) |
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1578592569 (electronic bk.) |
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1306036488 (electronic bk.) |
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9781306036481 (electronic bk.) |
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