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Baatz, Simon.
For the Thrill of It
[Libby eBook] :
Leopold, Loeb, and the Murder That Shocked Jazz Age Chicago.
HarperCollins,
2009.
Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read.
Format: OverDrive Kindle Book.
United States.
20th Century.
HTML:<b>A true crime account of the historic 1920s case from the killers' point of view, detailing their explosive relationship that culminated in murder.</b><br /> It was a crime that shocked the nation: the brutal murder in Chicago in 1924 of a child by two wealthy college students who killed solely for the thrill of the experience. Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb were intellectuals—too smart, they believed, for the police to catch them. When they were apprehended, state's attorney Robert Crowe was certain that no defense could save the ruthless killers from the gallows. But the families of the confessed murderers hired Clarence Darrow, entrusting the lives of their sons to the most famous lawyer in America in what would be one of the most sensational criminal trials in the history of American justice.<br /> Set against the backdrop of the 1920s—a time of prosperity, self-indulgence, and hedonistic excess in a lawless city on the brink of anarchy—<i>For the Thrill of It</i> draws the reader into a world of speakeasies and flappers, of gangsters and gin parties, with a spellbinding narrative of Jazz Age murder and mystery.<br /> <b>Praise for <i>For the Thrill of It</i></b><br /> <b>"Baatz's comprehensive account of the case succeeds in identifying their peculiar personality traits as well as what it was in the nature of their relationship that made them believe in their infallibility in performing the ultimate crime. . . . [An] exhaustively researched and rivetingly presented account. . . . One of the best true-crime books of this or any other season." —<i>Booklist</i> (starred review)</b>.
Biography & Autobiography.
True Crime.
Nonfiction.
History.
Media Type: eBook.
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