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Kitty Genovese : the murder, the bystanders, the crime that changed America / Kevin Cook.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780393239287 (hardcover) :
- Physical Description: 242 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : W. W. Norton & Company, [2014]
- Copyright: ©2014
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | More than a name -- Opposites -- Garden suburb -- Tigers and ants -- Village people -- She loves you -- Ozone park -- The 11th hour -- Night of the hunt -- Postmortem -- Neighbors -- Confessions -- Pleas -- Questions for the devil -- Consequences -- Calling for help -- Jailbreak -- The uses of memory -- Case studies -- Revisions -- Thirty-six minutes. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Lakeshore Branch | 364.1523092 Genov-C | 31681002556587 | NONFIC | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
On the 50th anniversary of the murder, offers an account of what really happened when a young woman in Queens was slain in plain sight of more than 30 witnesses who heard her cries for help but chose not to get involved. - Baker & Taylor
Recounts the events of March 13, 1964, when a young woman in Queens was slain in plain sight of witnesses who heard her cries for help but chose not to get involved. - WW Norton
At last, the true story of a crime that shocked the world. - WW Norton
New York TimesTimesNow, on the fiftieth anniversary of her murder, Cook presents the real Kitty Genovese. She was a vibrant young womanâunbeknownst to most, a lesbianâa bartender working (and dancing) her way through the colorful, fast-changing New York of the â60s, a cultural kaleidoscope marred by the Kennedy assassination, the Cold War, and race riots. Downtown, Greenwich Village teemed with beatniks, folkies, and so-called misfits like Kitty and her lover. Kitty Genovese evokes the Villageâs gay and lesbian underground with deep feeling and colorful detail.Cook also reconstructs the crime itself, tracing the movements of Genoveseâs killer, Winston Moseley, whose disturbing trial testimony made him a terrifying figure to police and citizens alike, especially after his escape from Attica State Prison.Drawing on a trove of long-lost documents, plus new interviews with her lover and other key figures, Cook explores the enduring legacy of the case. His heartbreaking account of what really happened on the night Genovese died is the most accurate and chilling to date.
