{"product_id":"popular-crime-reflections-on-the-celebration-of-violence-paperback","title":"Popular Crime: Reflections on the Celebration of Violence - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBill James\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the one-of-kind mind of Bill James, famous for revolutionizing the way we think about baseball, comes a \"thought-provoking meditation\" (\u003ci\u003eSeattle Times\u003c\/i\u003e) and epic tour through American crime--now available in paperback.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe man who revolutionized the way we think about baseball examines our cultural obsession with murder--delivering a unique, engrossing, brilliant history of tabloid crime in America.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCelebrated writer and contrarian Bill James has voraciously read true crime throughout his life and has been interested in writing a book on the topic for decades. With \u003ci\u003ePopular Crime, \u003c\/i\u003eJames takes readers on an epic journey from Lizzie Borden to the Lindbergh baby, from the Black Dahlia to O. J. Simpson, explaining how crimes have been committed, investigated, prosecuted and written about, and how that has profoundly influenced our culture over the last few centuries--even if we haven't always taken notice. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eExploring such phenomena as serial murder, the fluctuation of crime rates, the value of evidence, radicalism and crime, prison reform and the hidden ways in which crimes have shaped, or reflected, our society, James chronicles murder and misdeeds from the 1600s to the present day. James pays particular attention to crimes that were sensations during their time but have faded into obscurity, as well as still-famous cases, some that have never been solved, including the Lindbergh kidnapping, the Boston Strangler and JonBenet Ramsey. Satisfyingly sprawling and tremendously entertaining, \u003ci\u003ePopular Crime \u003c\/i\u003eis a professed amateur's powerful examination of the incredible impact crime stories have on our society, culture and history.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBill\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eJames\u003c\/b\u003e made his mark in the 1970s and 1980s with his \u003ci\u003eBaseball Abstracts\u003c\/i\u003e. He is currently the Senior Advisor on Baseball Operations for the Boston Red Sox. James lives in Lawrence, Kansas with his wife and three children.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 512\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.23 x 8.99 x 6.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 08, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52039818641709,"sku":"9781416552741","price":21.78,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/akVoRjRNSWc4YlpMRFNGZlZoMGFRZz09.webp?v=1777963825","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/popular-crime-reflections-on-the-celebration-of-violence-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}