Udvidet returret til d. 31. januar 2025

Wicked Wilmington, Delaware

indgår i Wicked serien

Bag om Wicked Wilmington, Delaware

Take a journey through crime and vice in twentieth-century Wilmington, from a Tatnall Street bawdy house to the corporate boardrooms of the DuPont Company. Visit the old New Castle County Workhouse, scene of a break-in by a lynch mob and the daring escape of a notorious murderer. A police chief trying to keep his corrupt practices under wraps, agents raiding political headquarters and a detective murdered on the street were all part of city life in the early twentieth century. In later years, stories of a professional killer pleading self-defense, hiding his connections to a mobbed-up Teamsters boss, and runaway lovers caught up in an international extortion scheme show the city''s darker side. Local historian Kevin McGonegal chronicles tales of Wilmington''s infamous past.

Vis mere
  • Sprog:
  • Engelsk
  • ISBN:
  • 9781540248763
  • Indbinding:
  • Hardback
  • Sideantal:
  • 162
  • Udgivet:
  • 26. juli 2021
  • Størrelse:
  • 152x229x11 mm.
  • Vægt:
  • 386 g.
  • BLACK WEEK
Leveringstid: 2-3 uger
Forventet levering: 14. december 2024

Beskrivelse af Wicked Wilmington, Delaware

Take a journey through crime and vice in twentieth-century Wilmington, from a Tatnall Street bawdy house to the corporate boardrooms of the DuPont Company. Visit the old New Castle County Workhouse, scene of a break-in by a lynch mob and the daring escape of a notorious murderer. A police chief trying to keep his corrupt practices under wraps, agents raiding political headquarters and a detective murdered on the street were all part of city life in the early twentieth century. In later years, stories of a professional killer pleading self-defense, hiding his connections to a mobbed-up Teamsters boss, and runaway lovers caught up in an international extortion scheme show the city''s darker side. Local historian Kevin McGonegal chronicles tales of Wilmington''s infamous past.

Brugerbedømmelser af Wicked Wilmington, Delaware



Find lignende bøger
Bogen Wicked Wilmington, Delaware findes i følgende kategorier:

Gør som tusindvis af andre bogelskere

Tilmeld dig nyhedsbrevet og få gode tilbud og inspiration til din næste læsning.