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BL
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| Record Number
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968391
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b722761
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| Main Entry
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Baatz, Simon.
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| Title & Author
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For the thrill of it : : Leopold, Loeb, and the murder that shocked jazz age Chicago /\ Simon Baatz.
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| Edition Statement
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1st Harper Perennial ed.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Harper Perennial,, 2009.
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xi, 541 pages :: illustrations ;; 21 cm
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| ISBN
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0060781025
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: 9780060781026
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 467-510) and index.
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| Contents
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List of illustrations -- Preface -- Part 1: Crime -- 1: Kidnapping -- 2: Relationship -- 3: Planning the murder -- 4: Murder -- 5: Ransom -- 6: Interrogation -- 7: Confessions -- Part 2: Attorneys -- 8: Clarence Darrow -- 9: Robert Crowe -- Part 3: Courtroom -- 10: Indictment -- 11: Scientists arrive -- 12: Mitigation of punishment -- 13: Psychiatrists for the defense -- 14: Psychiatrists for the state -- 15: Closing statements -- 16: Sentencing -- 17: Aftermath -- Leopold and Loeb in fiction -- Author's note -- Sources -- Notes -- Index -- Illustration credits.
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| Abstract
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In the tradition of "The Devil in the White City" comes a riveting recreation of one of the most infamous crimes of the 20th century--the scandalous Leopold-Loeb murder case that shocked Chicago. Photos throughout.
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| Subject
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Leopold, Nathan Freudenthal,1904-1971.
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Loeb, Richard A.,1905-1936.
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Leopold, Nathan Freudenthal,1904-1971.
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Loeb, Richard A.,1905-1936.
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Murder-- Illinois-- Chicago, Case studies.
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Murderers-- Illinois-- Chicago, Biography.
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Murder.
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Murderers.
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Illinois, Chicago.
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| Dewey Classification
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364.1523
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| LC Classification
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HV6245.B27 2009
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| NLM classification
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D771.288clc
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