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Sto caricando le informazioni... Genealogy of a Murder: Four Generations, Three Families, One Fateful Night (edizione 2023)di Lisa Belkin (Autore)
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. Author meets Dr. Tarlov and learns of his role in the crime--recommending the prisoner for parole. She traces the backgrounds of four families: the Tarlovs, the Consentinos, the Troys and the DeSalvos. How did one family bring forth the public spirited doctor, another the woman destined to be a police widow, a third the young police officer and the fourth the killer. The story of Leopold and Loeb, the notorious thrill killers of the 1920s is also involved as they served time in the Illinois prison system that also imprisoned Joseph DeSalvo. Interesting but a little too detailed. This well written and interesting story historically had way too many characters which made following it daunting. I found the historical pieces engaging - I never knew about the motorcycle races and such. One could probably take any such story and weave in the timelines. It was interesting that the author's stepfather had a role, but it didn't make up for the multitudes of others. That and diving into Leopold an Lobe was just too much. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
Biography & Autobiography.
True Crime.
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HTML: A Next Big Idea Club Must-Read Book for May 2023 Independence Day weekend, 1960: a young cop is murdered, shocking his close-knit community in Stamford, Connecticut. The killer remains at large, his identity still unknown. But on a beach not far away, a young Army doctor, on vacation from his post at a research lab in a maximum-security prison, faces a chilling realization. He knows who the shooter is. In fact, the manâ??a prisoner out on paroleâ??had called him only days before. By helping his former charge and trainee, the doctor, a believer in second chances, may have inadvertently helped set the murder into motion. And with that one phone call, may have sealed a policeman's fate. Alvin Tarlov, David Troy, and Joseph DeSalvo were all born of the Great Depression, all with grandparents who'd left different homelands for the same American Dream. How did one become a doctor, one a cop, and one a convict? In Genealogy of a Murder, journalist Lisa Belkin traces the paths of each of these three menâ??one of them her stepfather. Her canvas is large, spanning the first half of the 20th century: immigration, the struggles of the working class, prison reform, medical experiments, politics and war, the nature/nurture debate, epigenetics, the infamous Leopold and Loeb case, and the history of motorcycle racing. It is also intimate: a look into the workings of the mind and heart. Following these threads to their tragic outcome in July 1960, and beyond, Belkin examines the coincidences and choices that led to one fateful night. The result is a brilliantly researched, narratively ingenious story, which illuminates how we shape history even as we are shaped by Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Google Books — Sto caricando le informazioni... GeneriSistema Decimale Melvil (DDC)364.1523097469Social sciences Social problems and services; associations Criminology Crimes and Offenses Offenses against persons Homicide Murder History, geographic treatment, biography North AmericaClassificazione LCVotoMedia:
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