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First edition. |
| Description |
xix, 402 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, genealogical tables ; 24 cm |
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text txt rdacontent |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 389-392) and index. |
| Summary |
"Independence Day weekend, 1960: a young cop is murdered, shocking his close-knit community in Stamford, Connecticut. The killer remains at large, his identity still unknown. But on a beach not far away, a young Army doctor, on vacation from his post at a research lab in a maximum-security prison, faces a chilling realization. He knows who the shooter is. In fact, the man--a prisoner out on parole--had called him only days before. By helping his former charge and trainee, the doctor, a believer in second chances, may have inadvertently helped set the murder into motion. And with that one phone call, may have sealed a policeman's fate. Alvin Tarlov, David Troy, and Joseph DeSalvo were all born of the Great Depression, all with grandparents who'd left different homelands for the same American Dream. How did one become a doctor, one a cop, and one a convict? In Genealogy of a Murder, journalist Lisa Belkin traces the paths of each of these three men--one of them her stepfather. Her canvas is large, spanning the first half of the 20th century: immigration, the struggles of the working class, prison reform, medical experiments, politics and war, the nature/nurture debate, epigenetics, the infamous Leopold and Loeb case, and the history of motorcycle racing. It is also intimate: a look into the workings of the mind and heart."--Dust jacket flap. |
| Subject |
Police murders -- Connecticut -- Stamford.
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Murder -- Connecticut -- Stamford.
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Troy, David -- Death and burial.
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Tarlov, Alvin R. (Alvin Richard), 1929-
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DeSalvo, Joseph.
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| Genre/Form |
True crime stories.
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Case studies.
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| ISBN |
9780393285253 (hardcover) |
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0393285251 (hardcover) |
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9780393285260 (ePub ebook) |
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