{"product_id":"the-murder-of-the-century-the-gilded-age-crime-that-scandalized-a-city-and-sparked-the-tabloid-wars-paperback","title":"The Murder of the Century: The Gilded Age Crime That Scandalized a City and Sparked the Tabloid Wars - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePaul Collins\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe \"enormously entertaining\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e) account of a shocking 1897 murder mystery that \"artfully re-create[s] the era, the crime, and the newspaper wars it touched off\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAN EDGAR NOMINEE FOR BEST FACT CRIME - \"Fascinating . . . won't disappoint readers in search of a book like Erik Larson's \u003ci\u003eThe Devil in the White City\u003c\/i\u003e.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOn Long Island, a farmer finds a duck pond turned red with blood. On the Lower East Side, two boys discover a floating human torso wrapped tightly in oilcloth. Blueberry pickers near Harlem stumble upon neatly severed limbs in an overgrown ditch. The police are baffled: There are no witnesses, no motives, no suspects. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe grisly finds that began on the afternoon of June 26, 1897, plunged detectives headlong into the era's most perplexing murder mystery. Seized upon by battling media moguls Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst, the case became a publicity circus, as their rival newspapers the \u003ci\u003eWorld\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eJournal\u003c\/i\u003e raced to solve the crime. What emerged was a sensational love triangle and an even more sensational trial. \u003ci\u003eThe Murder of the Century\u003c\/i\u003e is a rollicking tale--a rich evocation of America during the Gilded Age and a colorful re-creation of the tabloid wars that forever changed newspaper journalism.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaul Collins\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of seven books, which have been translated into ten languages. His work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eSlate\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNew Scientist\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, and he is regularly featured on NPR's \u003ci\u003eWeekend Edition \u003c\/i\u003eas their \"literary detective.\" He lives in Portland, Oregon.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.74 x 7.42 x 8.04 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 24, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53460798996787,"sku":"9780307592217","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0990\/0746\/3731\/files\/lYVTbtIqNc9780307592217.webp?v=1782891279","url":"https:\/\/s3xxpj-vy.myshopify.com\/products\/the-murder-of-the-century-the-gilded-age-crime-that-scandalized-a-city-and-sparked-the-tabloid-wars-paperback","provider":"The Celestial Starlit Phoenix ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}