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The Midnight Assassin: Panic, Scandal, and the Hunt for America´s First Serial Killer
Skip Hollandsworth
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Description for The Midnight Assassin: Panic, Scandal, and the Hunt for America´s First Serial Killer
Paperback. In December 1884, Austin was terrorised by someone equally as vicious and, in some ways, far more diabolical than London's infamous Jack the Ripper. With vivid historical detail and novelistic flair, Texas Monthly journalist Skip Hollandsworth brings this terrifying saga to life. Num Pages: 37 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 3JH; BTC; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 14. .
In the late 1800s, the city of Austin, Texas, was on the cusp of emerging from an isolated western outpost into a truly cosmopolitan metropolis. But beginning in December 1884, Austin was terrorised by someone equally as vicious and, in some ways, far more diabolical than London's infamous Jack the Ripper. For almost one year, the Midnight Assassin crisscrossed the entire city, striking on moonlit nights, using axes, knives, and long steel rods to rip apart women from every race and class. At the time the concept of a serial killer was unthinkable, but the murders continued, the killer became ... Read more
In the late 1800s, the city of Austin, Texas, was on the cusp of emerging from an isolated western outpost into a truly cosmopolitan metropolis. But beginning in December 1884, Austin was terrorised by someone equally as vicious and, in some ways, far more diabolical than London's infamous Jack the Ripper. For almost one year, the Midnight Assassin crisscrossed the entire city, striking on moonlit nights, using axes, knives, and long steel rods to rip apart women from every race and class. At the time the concept of a serial killer was unthinkable, but the murders continued, the killer became ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
St Martin´s Press
Condition
New
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781250118493
SKU
KSG0019829
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About Skip Hollandsworth
SKIP HOLLANDSWORTH is an award-winning journalist, screenwriter, and executive editor of Texas Monthlymagazine. His work was included in the 2006 edition of Best American Crime Writing and he has won a National Magazine Award for feature writing. Hollandsworth cowrote the acclaimed screenplay Bernie with director Richard Linklater. He lives in Texas with his wife.
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