The bishop and the butterfly: murder, politics, and the end of the Jazz Age
"Vivian Gordon went out before midnight in a velvet dress and mink coat. Her body turned up the next morning in a desolate Bronx park, a dirty clothesline wrapped around her neck. At her stylish Manhattan apartment, detectives discovered notebooks full of names--businessmen, socialites, gangste...
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| Zusammenfassung: | "Vivian Gordon went out before midnight in a velvet dress and mink coat. Her body turned up the next morning in a desolate Bronx park, a dirty clothesline wrapped around her neck. At her stylish Manhattan apartment, detectives discovered notebooks full of names--businessmen, socialites, gangsters. And something else: a letter from an anti-corruption commission established by Governor Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Led by the imperious Judge Samuel Seabury, the commission had uncovered a police conspiracy to frame women as prostitutes. Had Vivian Gordon been executed to bury her secrets? As FDR pressed the police to solve her murder, Judge Seabury pursued the trail of corruption to the top of Gotham's powerful political machine--the infamous Tammany Hall"-- |
| Beschreibung: | xiv, 336 Seiten Illustrationen 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 9781454948025 9781454956921 |
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| 505 | 8 | |a Preface -- Dramatis personae -- Part 1-Murder on Mosholu. A moth that loves the flame -- Nothing to be concerned about -- Old heads for counsel, young heads for war -- Don't worry, little girl -- A woman of many acquaintances -- Part II-Nothing but the truth. Everybody in New York -- A matter for judicial consideration -- Passage to Oslo -- A damnable conspiracy -- Part III-Catch a tiger. The tin box brigade -- Little boy blue -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Picture credits -- Index | |
| 520 | 3 | |a "Vivian Gordon went out before midnight in a velvet dress and mink coat. Her body turned up the next morning in a desolate Bronx park, a dirty clothesline wrapped around her neck. At her stylish Manhattan apartment, detectives discovered notebooks full of names--businessmen, socialites, gangsters. And something else: a letter from an anti-corruption commission established by Governor Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Led by the imperious Judge Samuel Seabury, the commission had uncovered a police conspiracy to frame women as prostitutes. Had Vivian Gordon been executed to bury her secrets? As FDR pressed the police to solve her murder, Judge Seabury pursued the trail of corruption to the top of Gotham's powerful political machine--the infamous Tammany Hall"-- | |
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| contents | Preface -- Dramatis personae -- Part 1-Murder on Mosholu. A moth that loves the flame -- Nothing to be concerned about -- Old heads for counsel, young heads for war -- Don't worry, little girl -- A woman of many acquaintances -- Part II-Nothing but the truth. Everybody in New York -- A matter for judicial consideration -- Passage to Oslo -- A damnable conspiracy -- Part III-Catch a tiger. The tin box brigade -- Little boy blue -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Picture credits -- Index |
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| spelling | Wolraich, Michael Verfasser (DE-588)1076639089 aut The bishop and the butterfly murder, politics, and the end of the Jazz Age Michael Wolraich Murder, politics, and the end of the Jazz Age New York Union Square & Co. [2023] xiv, 336 Seiten Illustrationen 24 cm txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Preface -- Dramatis personae -- Part 1-Murder on Mosholu. A moth that loves the flame -- Nothing to be concerned about -- Old heads for counsel, young heads for war -- Don't worry, little girl -- A woman of many acquaintances -- Part II-Nothing but the truth. Everybody in New York -- A matter for judicial consideration -- Passage to Oslo -- A damnable conspiracy -- Part III-Catch a tiger. The tin box brigade -- Little boy blue -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Picture credits -- Index "Vivian Gordon went out before midnight in a velvet dress and mink coat. Her body turned up the next morning in a desolate Bronx park, a dirty clothesline wrapped around her neck. At her stylish Manhattan apartment, detectives discovered notebooks full of names--businessmen, socialites, gangsters. And something else: a letter from an anti-corruption commission established by Governor Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Led by the imperious Judge Samuel Seabury, the commission had uncovered a police conspiracy to frame women as prostitutes. Had Vivian Gordon been executed to bury her secrets? As FDR pressed the police to solve her murder, Judge Seabury pursued the trail of corruption to the top of Gotham's powerful political machine--the infamous Tammany Hall"-- Gordon, Vivian / 1891-1931 Murder / Investigation / New York (State) / New York / History / 20th century Police corruption / New York (State) / New York / History / 20th century Political corruption / New York (State) / New York / History / 20th century New York (N.Y.) / History / 1865-1898 Tammany Hall (Political organization) Murder / Investigation Meurtre / Enquêtes Meurtre / Enquêtes / New York (État) / New York / Histoire / 20e siècle Corruption policière / New York (État) / New York / Histoire / 20e siècle Corruption (Politique) / New York (État) / New York / Histoire / 20e siècle New York (N.Y.) / Histoire / 1865-1898 TRUE CRIME / Historical HISTORY / United States / 20th Century Organized crime / New York (State) New York (N.Y.) / History New York (N.Y.) / Politics and government True crime stories Récits criminels Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe 978-1-4549-4803-2 |
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