Research Catalog

Details

Description

1. xxv, 299 pages; 24 cm

Series statement

1. The FAQ Series

Uniform title

1. FAQ series (Applause Theatre & Cinema Books (Firm))

Subject

1. Murder > Press coverage > England > London > History > 19th century
2. Jack, the Ripper
3. Whitechapel (London, England) > History
4. Serial murders > England > London > History > 19th century

Contents

1. Acknowledgments -- Introduction: questions, answers? : answers, questions -- Author's note -- The nemesis of neglect : welcome to whitechapel -- Victorian England's daughters of joy : prostitution in London's East End -- A London particular : the fog fiend cometh -- The terror begins : the life and death of fairy fay -- The ones who got away : and the ones that didn't -- Murder by numbers : mapping out the murder mile -- Firing the canon : the murder of Mary ann Nichols -- The vigilante and the vivisectionist : the slaying of Annie Chapman -- A nineteenth century identity parade : less a "whodunnit" than a "who-is-still-doing-it?" -- The devil makes work for idle hands : the Macnaghten memorandum, and other blood red herrings -- Abberline takes the case : the killing of Elizabeth Stride -- The double murder (continued) : the death of Catherine Eddowes -- Not so quiet on the West End front : the whitehall mystery and other thameside torsos -- The Dover street demon : black magic in the White Chapel -- A violet plucked from mother's grave : the ripping of Mary Jane Kelly -- The horror never stops : the ripper rips on -- Jill the Ripper : the lady was a sociopath -- Frequently unanswerable questions : a twenty-first century identity parade -- Apr moi, le debris : ripper lives on -- Murder is money : hing in on crime -- A very American murderer : the trans-Atlantic connection -- Jack's journal : the killer kept a diary -- Epilogue -- Appendix one: The autopsy reports -- Appendix two: Jack on film: a selected filmography -- Bibliography -- Index.

Call number

1. JFE 17-10096

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.
2. Filmography: pages [287]-290.

Author

1. Thompson, Dave, 1960 January 3- author.

Title

1. Jack the Ripper FAQ : all that's left to know about the infamous serial killer / Dave Thompson.

Publisher

1. Milwaukee, WI : Applause Theatre & Cinema Books, 2017.

Copyright date

1. ©2017

Type of content

1. text

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Series

1. The FAQ Series
2. FAQ series (Applause Theatre & Cinema Books (Firm))

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.
2. Filmography: pages [287]-290.

LCCN

1. 2017017302

Other standard identifier

1. 40027466978

ISBN

1. 9781495063084 paperback
2. 1495063089 paperback

Research call number

1. JFE 17-10096