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The history of murder / Colin Wilson; edited, and with a foreword by Damon Wilson.

Wilson, Colin, 1931-2013 (Author). Wilson, Damon. (Added Author).

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  • ISBN: 9780785818359
  • ISBN: 0785818359
  • Physical Description: xxvi, 639 pages ; 22 cm
  • Edition: revised and expanded edition
  • Publisher: Edison, NJ : Castle Books, div. Book Sales, Inc., [1990,c2004]

Content descriptions

General Note:
"First published in the UK as: The mammoth book of true crime 2, by Robinson Publishing, 1990. --This edition published...with permission of Carroll & Graf Publishers, Inc."
Formatted Contents Note:
1. Planet of the killer apes. 2. A gallery of monsters. 3. Predators of the seas. 4. Order of assassins. 5. Murder- Elizabethan style. 6. The age of gin. 7. Cannibals and rapists. 8. Into the age of violence. 9. The "Ripper" mystery. 10. The age of detection. 11. The age of gaslight. 12. The century of espionage. 13. British murder, 1900-35. 14. An American classic. 15. The rise of sex crime. 16. The serial killer. 17. The serial killers of the nineties. 18. Canibal killers. 19. Crazy gunmen.
Subject: Murderers.
Murder > History.

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Madison-Mayodan Public Library 364.1523 W 2004 ed. (Text) 31554007901837 Adult Nonfiction Available -