Jack the Ripper: First American Serial Killer
Evans, Stewart P.; Gainey, Paul
Language: English
Published by Kodansha International, New York, New York, U.S.A., 1998
- First Edition
- Softcover
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Presents evidence that Jack the Ripper, who terrorized London in 1888, was actually an American quack doctor named Francis Tumblety, who returned to his home country & escaped capture. In 293 pages,with 16 pages of black-and-white photos, Index. Orig. published in hardcover in 1995, this is the First Trade Paperback Edition from 1998, third printing. Condition is VG: generally very clean, with surface shelfwear to outer page edges. Binding strong & secure, pages white & unmarked. Only other flaw is a warping/waviness to book & a faint dampstain inside back cover. Our photos depict the exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received by 2 pm weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.
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- Title
- Jack the Ripper: First American Serial Killer
- Author
- Evans, Stewart P.; Gainey, Paul
- Publisher
- Kodansha International, New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Publication year
- 1998
- Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1568362579
- ISBN 13
- 9781568362571
- Edition
- First Trade Paperback Edition
- Seller catalogs
- Crime: True Crime
This headline-making book offers convincing proof that the serial killer who terrorized London in 1888 was, in fact, an American. Spurred by the startling discovery of a letter written by a Scotland Yard inspector, two veteran police investigators have traced the shadowy movements of a self-styled "doctor" from St. Louis who had a criminal record spanning both sides of the Atlantic. Two decades after the Ripper's murderous spree, Inspector John George Littlechild, then retired, laments in his fateful letter: "to my mind a very likely [suspect] . . . was an American quack named Francis Tumblety. . . his feelings toward women were remarkable and bitter in the extreme." Littlechild expresses dismay that Tumblety, who was in custody only briefly, was ever granted bail, enabling him to flee London-just as the murders ended. The Littlechild letter, printed in this book, provides crucial details either overlooked by police officials at the time of the investigation or later suppressed because they would reveal the same officials had allowed their prime suspect to slip through their fingers.
Sifting through the entire historical record and their own surprising discoveries, Stewart Evans and Paul Gainey have created a true-life detective story that will fascinate all readers of Arthur Conan Doyle, Wilkie Collins, and Charles Dickens. Vividly evoking the mean streets of Victorian London and the wave of terror that swept the city with the Ripper's grisly crimes, they convincingly paint a portrait of history's most infamous serial killer.
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About the Author
STEWART EVANS is a police officer with the Suffolk Constabulary. A lifelong collector of crime memorabilia, he has a large library of Ripper books and copies of all the existing police files on the murders.
PAUL GAINEY is a veteran journalist who has covered such celebrated cases as the Lockerbie bombing. Since 1991 he has been Press Officer of the Suffolk Constabulary.
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