Evil summer : Babe Leopold, Dickie Loeb, and the kidnap-murder of Bobby Franks / John Theodore.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Theodore, John, 1946-

Series:

Elmer H Johnson and Carol Holmes Johnson Series in Criminology Series

Elmer H. Johnson and Carol Holmes Johnson series in criminology

The Elmer H. Johnson and Carol Holmes Johnson series in criminology Evil summer

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Leopold, Nathan Freudenthal, 1904-1971.

Leopold, Nathan Freudenthal.

Loeb, Richard A., 1905-1936.

Loeb, Richard A.

Franks, Bobby, 1909-1924.

Franks, Bobby.

Murder--Illinois--Chicago--History--Case studies.

Murder.

Kidnapping--Illinois--Chicago--History--Case studies.

Kidnapping.

Trials (Murder)--Illinois--Chicago--History--Case studies.

Trials (Murder).

Murderers--Illinois--Chicago--Biography.

Murderers.

Murder--History--Chicago--Illinois--Case studies.

Kidnapping--History--Chicago--Illinois--Case studies.

Trials (Murder)--History--Illinois--Chicago--Case studies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 203 p., [12] p. of plates ) ill. ;

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In 1924, fourteen-year-old Bobby Franks was abducted while walking home from school, killed by a chisel blow to his head, and later found stuffed in a culvert in a marshy wasteland at the Illinois-Indiana state line.Acid had been poured over his naked body.

Contents:

Fantasies

Realities

Apologia

Justice

Passages.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-197) and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-8093-8749-2

1-4356-6349-7

OCLC:

971365767