American detective : behind the scenes of famous criminal investigations / Thomas A. Reppetto

Author: Reppetto, Thomas A.
Published: Lincoln : Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press, [2018]
Physical Description: 1 online resource

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Contents

Intro; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; List of Illustrations; Snapshots from the Lost World of Detectives; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. The Rise of American Detectives; 2. Italian Squads; 3. Murder in Hollywood and the Real Los Angeles Detective Bureau; 4. The Hall-Mills Murders, the "World's Greatest Detective," and the Power of the Press; 5. The Big Squads Roll; 6. Eliot Ness Pursues the Butcher, the Ups and Downs of Dr. Sam, and Lone Wolf Gonzaullas Stalks the Phantom; 7. The Inspectors Bureau in the City by the Bay; 8. New York Mysteries; 9. The Real Crime of the Century. and 10. America under Assault11. The Black Dahlia Murder and Parker's Police; 12. The Brink's Job and the St. Louis Blues; 13. A Death in Dallas and the Disintegration of American Detective Bureaus; 14. Twenty-First-Century Policing; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About Thomas A. Reppetto; Illustrations.

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ISBN

9781640120570 (electronic bk.)
1640120572 (electronic bk.)
9781640120594 (electronic bk.)
1640120599 (electronic bk.)
9781640120228
164012022X
9781640120587 (mobi)

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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