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Detective in the White City: The Real Story of Frank Geyer

Brand: Rw Publishing House
ISBN 1946100021
EAN: 9781946100023
Category: #3986074 in Paperback (United States)
Price: $16.95  (Customer Reviews)
Dimension: 9.21 x 6.14 x 0.98 inches
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The remarkable true story of the uncompromising and relentless detective, author, inventor who investigated H. H. Holmes, one of America's first serial killers known as the 'Devil in the White City,' and other criminals like him.
Includes ninety-five (95) rare illustrations and photos!
This extraordinary historical biography features 120 year old murder cases that made national headlines including his cross-country, international investigation that led to horrific discovery of the missing Pitezel children, the Hannah Mary Tabbs torso case, poisoner Sarah Jane Whiteling who was the first woman hung in Philadelphia, and history of one of America's largest police departments.

Also discover the truth about Geyer's wife and daughter not dying in a horrific fire as told in popular books.

In Detective in the White City you will discover:

  • Serial Killer, H. H. Holmes, the investigation, discovery of the Pitezel children, and trial [Part 3]

  • Mary Hannah Tabbs and the gruesome torso murder

  • Modern Borgia poisoner, Sarah Jane Whiteling first woman hung in Philadelphia

  • Street nicknamed 'White Chapel Row'

  • Mrs. Annie Gaskin and the killer cat

  • Top secret search in Rio de Janeiro that even Geyer's wife did not know about

  • Fake highwaymen murder and plot to kill Detective Geyer

  • Law enforcement history of one of America's oldest police departments

  • Father Reuben Geyer in the Civil War, President Franklin Pierce, and Franks' hometown

  • Truth about Geyer's wife and daughter not dying in a horrific fire as told in popular books

  • Sources, List of Illustrations and Credits, Bibliography, Notes, and Index

  • 95 rare historical illustrations and photos, restored
  • Table of Contents:

    List of Illustrations

    Prologue: Profound Untruth


    PART I - HOMETOWN

    Chapter 1 - Franklin Pierce

    Chapter 2 - American Civil War

    Chapter 3 - Centennial Guard

    Chapter 4 - Femur and Horses


    PART II - BLOODY BAD

    Chapter 5 - Bullitt

    Chapter 6 - Bizarre Story of a Cat

    Chapter 7 - A Mighty Gruesome Package

    Chapter 8 - Modern Borgia

    Chapter 9 - White Chapel Row

    Chapter 10 - Send Flowers to My Funeral

    Chapter 11 - Secret Search

    Chapter 12 - Etched in Time

    Chapter 13 - Where Are You?


    PART III - DEVIL IN DISGUISE

    Chapter 14 - Two Enemies

    Chapter 15 - Suspicions Intensify

    Chapter 16 - Sweet Innocence

    Chapter 17 - Little Howard

    Chapter 18 - Just Deserts

    Chapter 19 - The Devil in Him


    PART IV -A PLOT, A RIOT, AND LA GRIPPE

    Chapter 20 - He Must Die

    Chapter 21 - Regret to Inform You

    Chapter 22 - Police Scandal

    Chapter 23 - La Grippe


    SUPPLEMENTAL PHOTOS

    APPENDIX A: ADDITIONAL GEYER QUOTES


    Acknowledgements

    Bibliography

    Notes

    Index


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