True crime an American anthology

Other Authors:	Schechter, Harold.
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY : Library of America, c2008.
Subjects:	Crime > Case studies. Crime and criminals.

Item Description:	"A special publication of the Library of America." Includes index.
Physical Description:	xx, 788 p. ; 22 cm.
ISBN:	9781598530315 1598530313
Author Notes:	Harold Schechter , volume editor, is a professor of American literature at Queens College, the City University of New York. He is the author of more than two dozen books and is best known for his historical true-crime accounts, most recently The Devil's Gentleman: Privilege, Poison, and the Trial That Ushered in the Twentieth Century (2007). He is also the author of six novels, including a mystery series featuring Edgar Allan Poe.