Murderabilia: A History of Crime in 100 Objects

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Price
$30.00  $27.90
Publisher
Workman Publishing
Publish Date
Pages
288
Dimensions
6.61 X 9.13 X 1.18 inches | 1.45 pounds
Language
English
Type
Hardcover
EAN/UPC
9781523515295

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About the Author
Harold Schechter, a two-time Edgar nominee, has published more than 30 true crime titles, including five 100K+ copy bestsellers. His most recent work, Maniac: The Bath School Disaster and the Birth of the Modern Mass Killer, just published (March 9, 2021). He has taught literature and myth criticism for more than 40 years at Queens College/CUNY and is a murderabilia collector himself.
Reviews
"Schechter's prose has the punch of a campfire ghost story and the objects run a satisfying gamut from intriguing curios to the stuff of nightmares. It adds up to a strange and fascinating tour of the macabre."--Publishers Weekly
"It is the rare reference book that is compulsively readable, but Murderabilia is one... These two-to-four-pages-long articles provide fertile ground for true-crime fans or students researching specific cases or types of crimes."--Booklist
"A fascinating tour of criminological history."--Katherine Ramsland Ph.D., Psychology Today
"It is a measure of [Schechter's] research and gift for storytelling that the reader not only learns new details about familiar murders but about murders that are just as gruesome but lost to time.... The book not only saves you the trip but gives you 99 other reasons to be an armchair detective."--Air Mail
"Short chapters and copious illustrations make Murderabilia a great choice to leave on the night table to dip into before bed."--BookPage
"A perfect choice for a book group that likes a body count; or a serial killer aficionado's coffee table; or for the friends you never see because they're addicted to Life After Lockup. Murderabilia could and should launch hundreds of true crime novels."--The Washington Post
"Not just a history of true crime but a cultural history... Love this book."--Last Podcast on the Left

"I am extremely interested in [Murderabilia]. Think about it, a history of crime in 100 objects. What objects? And why?"

--Nancy Grace, Crime Stories with Nancy Grace