Ripper : the secret life of Walter Sickert
Record details
- ISBN: 9781503936874
- ISBN: 1503936872
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Physical Description:
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553 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm - Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: Seattle : Thomas & Mercer, [2017]
- Copyright: ©2017
Content descriptions
General Note: | "Incorporating material from Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper-- Case Closed, this new edition has been revised and expanded to include eight new chapters, detailed maps and hundreds of images that bring the sinister case to life."--Jacket. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 511-528) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Mr. Nobody -- The unfortunates -- By some person unknown -- A glorious boy -- Thorns and sharp stones -- Walter and the boys -- The daughters of Cobden -- The gentleman slummer -- A bit of broken looking glass -- The dark lantern -- The royal conspiracy -- Dreadful bleeding corpses -- Instant death -- Wide staring eyes -- Red fingerprints -- Hue and cry -- Crochet work and flowers -- A cautious indicator -- A painted letter -- A man in ordinary life -- Stygian blackness -- The streets until dawn -- A shiny black bag -- These characters about -- Night horrors -- A great joke -- A social disease -- A lovely sea side business -- A very bad man -- In a horse bin -- Three keys -- The darkest day of the darkest night -- Sweet violets -- Shapes on the wall -- Further from the grave -- My coda to Jack the Ripper -- How it all began and never ended. |
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Subject: | Jack the Ripper Sickert, Walter 1860-1942 Serial murders England London History 19th century Whitechapel (London, England) History |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Kirtland Community College Library | HV 6535 .G6 C67 2017 | 30775305521081 | General Collection | Available | - |
Summary:
Examines the century-old series of murders that terrorized London in the 1880s, drawing on research, state-of-the-art forensic science, and insights into the criminal mind to reveal the true identity of the infamous Jack the Ripper.