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Black Dahlia : murder, monsters, and madness in midcentury Hollywood  Cover Image Book Book

Black Dahlia : murder, monsters, and madness in midcentury Hollywood / William J. Mann.

Mann, William J., (author.).

Summary:

In 'Black Dahlia', William J. Mann offers the first definitive account of the Black Dahlia murder - the most famous unsolved true crime case in American history - which humanizes the victim and situates the notorious case within an anxious, postwar country grappling with new ideas, demographics, and technologies.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781668075906 (hardcover)
  • Physical Description: xvi, 444 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Simon and Schuster, 2026.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references.
Subject: Short, Elizabeth, 1924-1947.
Cold cases (Criminal investigation) > California > Los Angeles.
Murder > California > Los Angeles > Case studies.
Murder > Investigation > California > Los Angeles > Case studies.
Women > United States > Social conditions > 20th century.
Genre: Biographies.
True crime stories.
Case studies.
Personal narratives.

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  • 0 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.

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  • 2 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Summary: In 'Black Dahlia', William J. Mann offers the first definitive account of the Black Dahlia murder - the most famous unsolved true crime case in American history - which humanizes the victim and situates the notorious case within an anxious, postwar country grappling with new ideas, demographics, and technologies.

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