Description: Case Files of the NYPD : More Than 175 Years of Solved and Unsolved Crimes, Paperback by Whalen, Bernard J.; Messing, Philip; Mladinich, Robert, ISBN 031648198X, ISBN-13 9780316481984, Brand New, Free shipping in the US "Characters galore, both good guys and gangsters, leap from the pages" (The New York Times) in this irresistible, authentic look at 175 years of true crime cases from the NYPD archives, packed with photos, artifacts and expert revelations.
From atrocities that occurred before the establishment of New Yorks police force in 1845 through the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center in 2001 to the present day, this chronological visual history is an insiders look at more than 80 real-life crimes that shocked the nation, from arson to gangland murders, robberies, serial killers, bombings, and kidnappings, including:
- Architect Stanford Whites fatal shooting at Madison Square Garden over his deflowering of a teenage chorus girl.
- The anarchist bombing of Wall Street in 1920, which killed 39 people and injured hundreds more with flying shrapnel.
- Kitty Genoveses 1964 senseless stabbing, famously witnessed by dozen of bystanders who did not intervene.
- Robert Chambers, the handsome, wealthy ex-Choate student, who murdered Jennifer Levin in Central Park, called "The Preppy Murder Case."
- Son of Sam, a serial killer who eluded police for months while terrorizing the city, was finally apprehended through a simple parking ticket.
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Book Title: Case Files of the Nypd : Cases from the Archives of the Nypd from 1831 to the Present
Number of Pages: 320 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Running Press
Publication Year: 2018
Topic: Murder / General, United States / 20th Century, General, Law Enforcement, Organized Crime
Item Height: 0.9 in
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Political Science, True Crime, History
Item Weight: 41.1 Oz
Item Length: 9.6 in
Author: Bernard J. Whalen, Philip Messing, Robert Mladinich
Item Width: 8 in
Format: Trade Paperback
