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Author Perry, Douglas, 1968-

Title The girls of Murder City : fame, lust, and the beautiful killers who inspired Chicago / Douglas Perry.

Publication Info. New York : Viking, 2010.
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b1455858~S1
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Description xi, 304 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-295 and index.
Contents A grand object lesson -- The variable feminine mechanism -- One-gun duel -- Hang me? That's a joke -- No sweetheart in the world is worth killing -- The kind of gal who never could be true -- A modern Salome -- Her mind works vagrantly -- Jail school -- The love-foiled girl -- It's terrible, but it's better -- What fooled everybody -- A modest little housewife -- Anne, you have killed me -- Beautiful--but not dumb! -- The tides of hell -- Hatproof, sexproof, and damp -- A grand and gorgeous show -- Entirely too vile -- The most monotonous city on Earth.
Summary Documents the true stories of Belva Gaertner and Beulah Annan, the women whose sensational murder trials inspired the musical "Chicago," and traces the contributions of fledgling reporter Maurine Watkins against a backdrop of Chicago's Jazz Age culture.
Subject Women murderers -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- Case studies.
Murder -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- Case studies.
ISBN 9780670021970 (hc.)
0670021970 (hc.)
9780143119227 (pbk)
0143119222 (pbk.)
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