{"product_id":"the-murder-of-the-century-the-gilded-age-crime-that-scandalized-a-city-and-sparked-the-tabloid-wars-paperback","title":"The Murder of the Century: The Gilded Age Crime That Scandalized a City and Sparked the Tabloid Wars - 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\u003ePaul Collins\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"No writer better articulates ourinterest in the confluence of hope, eccentricity, and the timelessness of the bold and strange than Paul Collins.\"--DAVE EGGERS\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eOn Long Island, a farmer finds a duck pond turned red with blood. On the Lower East Side, two boys playing at a pier discover a floating human torso wrapped tightly in oilcloth. Blueberry pickers near Harlem stumble upon neatly severed limbs in an overgrown ditch. Clues to a horrifying crime are turning up all over New York, but the police are baffled: There are no witnesses, no motives, no suspects. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe grisly finds that began on the afternoon of June 26, 1897, plunged detectives\u003cbr\u003eheadlong into the era's most baffling murder mystery. Seized upon by battling media moguls Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst, the case became a publicity circus. Reenactments of the murder were staged in Times Square, armed reporters lurked in the streets of Hell's Kitchen in pursuit of suspects, and an unlikely trio--a hard-luck cop, a cub reporter, and an eccentric professor--all raced to solve the crime. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat emerged was a sensational love triangle and an even more sensational trial: an unprecedented capital case hinging on circumstantial evidence around a victim whom the police couldn't identify with certainty, and who the defense claimed wasn't even dead. \u003ci\u003eThe Murder of the Century \u003c\/i\u003eis a rollicking tale--a rich evocation of America during the Gilded Age and a colorful re-creation of the tabloid wars that have dominated media to this day.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaul Collins\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of seven books, which have been translated into ten languages. His work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eSlate\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNew Scientist\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, and he is regularly featured on NPR's \u003ci\u003eWeekend Edition \u003c\/i\u003eas their \"literary detective.\" He lives in Portland, Oregon.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.74 x 7.42 x 8.04 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 24, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51978485006637,"sku":"9780307592217","price":23.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/mb89c75MBC9780307592217.webp?v=1775805428","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/the-murder-of-the-century-the-gilded-age-crime-that-scandalized-a-city-and-sparked-the-tabloid-wars-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}