Pearson, Edmund Lester. Studies in Murder
These five tales of celebrated American crimes written by Edmund Lester Pearson, and first published in 1924, are short classics that only get better with time. Pearson, a Harvard educated New Englander and librarian by profession, was a master crime writer, probably one of the finest and certainly...
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| Format: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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Crime, Histoire & Sociétés
2009
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| Accès en ligne: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Résumé: | These five tales of celebrated American crimes written by Edmund Lester Pearson, and first published in 1924, are short classics that only get better with time. Pearson, a Harvard educated New Englander and librarian by profession, was a master crime writer, probably one of the finest and certainly one of the most prolific. His tales of murderous events helped to define the genre of « true crime » ; narrative accounts of criminal and usually sensational events that are based on trial records... |
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