Blood & ink : the scandalous jazz age double murder that hooked America on true crime
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Author
Published
New York : William Morrow, [2022].
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9780063001732, 006300173X
Physical Desc
viii, 344 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Published
New York : William Morrow, [2022].
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
ISBN
9780063001732, 006300173X
Notes
General Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-329) and index.
Description
"Vanity Fair's Joe Pompeo investigates the notorious 1922 double murder of a high-society minister and his secret mistress, a Jazz Age mega-crime that propelled tabloid news in the 20th century. On September 16, 1922, the bodies of Reverend Edward Hall and Eleanor Mills were found beneath a crabapple tree on an abandoned farm outside of New Brunswick, New Jersey. The killer had arranged the bodies in a pose conveying intimacy. The murder of Hall, a prominent clergyman whose wife, Frances Hall, was a proud heiress with illustrious ancestors and ties to the Johnson & Johnson dynasty, would have made headlines on its own. But when authorities identified Eleanor Mills as a choir singer from his church married to the church sexton, the story shocked locals and sent the scandal ricocheting around the country, fueling the nascent tabloid industry. This provincial double murder on a lonely lover's lane would soon become one of the most famous killings in American history--a veritable crime of the century. The bumbling local authorities failed to secure any indictments, however, and it took a swashbuckling crusade by the editor of a circulation-hungry Hearst tabloid to revive the case and bring it to trial at last. Blood & Ink freshly chronicles what remains one of the most electrifying but forgotten murder mysteries in U.S. history. It also traces the birth of American tabloid journalism, pandering to the masses with sordid tales of love, sex, money, and murder." publisher's website.
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Bernards Township Library - Adult Nonfiction - New Jersey | NJ 364.1523 POM | Available |
Bernardsville Public Library - Adult Nonfiction | 364.1523 POM | Available |
Chatham Borough-Chatham Township Library - Adult Nonfiction | 364.1523 POM | Available |
Chester Library - Adult Nonfiction | 364.15 POM | Available |
Denville Library - Adult Nonfiction | 364.1523 POM | Available |
Subjects
LC Subjects
Clergy -- Crimes against -- New Jersey -- Case studies.
Hall, Edward Wheeler, -- 1881-1922.
Mills, Eleanor Reinhardt, -- 1888-1922.
Murder -- Investigation -- New Jersey -- New Brunswick -- Case studies.
Murder -- New Jersey -- New Brunswick -- Case studies.
Tabloid newspapers -- United States -- History.
Trials (Murder) -- New Jersey -- Somerville -- 20th century.
True crime stories.
Hall, Edward Wheeler, -- 1881-1922.
Mills, Eleanor Reinhardt, -- 1888-1922.
Murder -- Investigation -- New Jersey -- New Brunswick -- Case studies.
Murder -- New Jersey -- New Brunswick -- Case studies.
Tabloid newspapers -- United States -- History.
Trials (Murder) -- New Jersey -- Somerville -- 20th century.
True crime stories.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Pompeo, J. (2022). Blood & ink: the scandalous jazz age double murder that hooked America on true crime (First edition.). William Morrow.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Pompeo, Joe. 2022. Blood & Ink: The Scandalous Jazz Age Double Murder That Hooked America On True Crime. William Morrow.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Pompeo, Joe. Blood & Ink: The Scandalous Jazz Age Double Murder That Hooked America On True Crime William Morrow, 2022.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Pompeo, Joe. Blood & Ink: The Scandalous Jazz Age Double Murder That Hooked America On True Crime First edition., William Morrow, 2022.
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