The Murder of the Century: The Gilded Age Crime That Scandalized a City & Sparked the Tabloid Wars by Paul Collins

The Murder of the Century: The Gilded Age Crime That Scandalized a City & Sparked the Tabloid Wars

Paul Collins

338 pages first pub 2011 (view editions)

nonfiction crime history true crime dark informative mysterious medium-paced
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This book is ideal for readers who relish meticulously researched true crime narratives interwoven with historical intrigue and the sensational drama of media rivalries.

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The “enormously entertaining” (The Wall Street Journal) account of a shocking 1897 murder mystery that “artfully re-create[s] the era, the crime, and the newspaper wars it touched off” (The New York Times) On Long Island, a farmer finds a duck pon...

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informative: 81%

dark: 46%

mysterious: 40%

adventurous: 15%

tense: 15%

reflective: 12%

emotional: 9%

sad: 9%

challenging: 6%

funny: 6%

lighthearted: 3%


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