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Shadow men : the tangled story of murder, media, and privilege that scandalized jazz age America / James Polchin.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Polchin, James, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Murder--United States.
- Murder.
- Crime and the press--United States.
- Crime and the press.
- Genre:
- True crime stories.
- Physical Description:
- 354 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First Counterpoint edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Berkeley, California : Counterpoint, [2024]
- Summary:
- "On the morning of May 16, 1922, a young man's body was found on a desolate road in Westchester County. The victim was penniless ex-sailor Clarence Peters. Walter Ward, the handsome scion of the family that owned the largest chain of bread factories in the country, confessed to the crime as an act of self-defense against a violent gang of "shadow men," blackmailers who extorted their victims' moral weaknesses. From the start, one question defined the investigation: What scandalous secret could lead Ward to murder?"-- Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9781640096004
- 1640096000
- OCLC:
- 1398463802
- Publisher Number:
- 99996721931
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