The Double Indemnity Murder: Ruth Snyder, Judd Gray, and New York's Crime of the Century - Softcover

Mackellar, Landis

 
9780815608240: The Double Indemnity Murder: Ruth Snyder, Judd Gray, and New York's Crime of the Century
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0815608241 ISBN 13: 9780815608240
Verlag: SYRACUSE UNIV PR, 2006

Inhaltsangabe

Queens Village was a picture-perfect postcard New York suburb. But in March 1927 the façade of respectability was stripped away to reveal an underside of greed, lust, and crime. Few incidents in crime history have been so notorious as the murder of Albert Snyder by his wife and her lover. Resonant of the footloose Jazz Age, it made persistent headlines and led to a sensational trial. The crime spawned a 1920s Broadway play and inspired the classic noir film of the 1940s, Double Indemnity. This book assesses the entire case, from grisly slaying and shabby cover-up to sharp police work and aftermath. Moreover, it explores sociocultural questions that beg to be answered: what effect does news reportage exert upon high profile cases, and why did such a transparent crime earn such an enduring place in the popular psyche?

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Landis MacKellar lives in Vienna and Paris. His interest in the Snyder-Gray murder began when he taught at Queens College in New York City.

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Verlag
SYRACUSE UNIV PR
Erscheinungsdatum
2006
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0815608241
ISBN 13 
9780815608240
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Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
411
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