The bishop and the butterfly : murder, politics, and the end of the Jazz Age
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Nonfiction | 364.1523 WOLRAICH | In Library |
Subjects
LC Subjects
Gordon, Vivian, -- 1891-1931
Murder -- Investigation
Murder -- Investigation -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century
New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 1865-1898
Police corruption -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century
Political corruption -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century
Tammany Hall (Political organization)
True crime stories.
Murder -- Investigation
Murder -- Investigation -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century
New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 1865-1898
Police corruption -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century
Political corruption -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century
Tammany Hall (Political organization)
True crime stories.
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Physical Desc
xiv, 336 pages : illustrations, 24 cm
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description
"Vivian Gordon went out before midnight in a velvet dress and mink coat. Her body turned up the next morning in a desolate Bronx park, a dirty clothesline wrapped around her neck. At her stylish Manhattan apartment, detectives discovered notebooks full of names--businessmen, socialites, gangsters. And something else: a letter from an anti-corruption commission established by Governor Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Led by the imperious Judge Samuel Seabury, the commission had uncovered a police conspiracy to frame women as prostitutes. Had Vivian Gordon been executed to bury her secrets? As FDR pressed the police to solve her murder, Judge Seabury pursued the trail of corruption to the top of Gotham's powerful political machine--the infamous Tammany Hall"--,Amazon.com
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Wolraich, M. (2023). The bishop and the butterfly: murder, politics, and the end of the Jazz Age . Union Square & Co..
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Wolraich, Michael. 2023. The Bishop and the Butterfly: Murder, Politics, and the End of the Jazz Age. Union Square & Co.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Wolraich, Michael. The Bishop and the Butterfly: Murder, Politics, and the End of the Jazz Age Union Square & Co, 2023.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Wolraich, Michael. The Bishop and the Butterfly: Murder, Politics, and the End of the Jazz Age Union Square & Co., 2023.
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