Murder among friends: how Leopold and Loeb tried to commit the perfect crime
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Publisher:
Anne Schwartz Books
Pub. Date:
[2022]
Edition:
First edition
Language:
English
Lexile measure:
850L
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"How did two teenagers brutally murder an innocent child...and why? And how did their brilliant lawyer save them from the death penalty in 1920s Chicago? Written by a prolific master of narrative nonfiction, this is a compulsively readable true-crime story based on an event dubbed the "crime of the century." In 1924, eighteen-year-old college students Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb made a decision: they would commit the perfect crime by kidnapping and murdering a child they both knew. But they made one crucial error: as they were disposing of the body of young Bobby Franks, whom they had bludgeoned to death, Nathan's eyeglasses fell from his jacket pocket. Multi-award-winning author Candace Fleming depicts every twist and turn of this harrowing case--how two wealthy, brilliant young men planned and committed what became known as the crime of the century, how they were caught, why they confessed, and how the renowned criminal defense attorney Clarence Darrow enabled them to avoid the death penalty. Following on the success of such books as The Rise and Fall of Charles Lindbergh and The Family Romanov, this acclaimed nonfiction writer brings to heart-stopping life one of the most notorious crimes in our country's history." --
Subjects
Subjects
Case studies
Franks, Bobby
Franks, Bobby, -- 1909-1924
History
Kidnapping
Kidnapping -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- Biography
Kidnapping -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- Case studies
Leopold, Nathan Freudenthal
Leopold, Nathan Freudenthal, -- 1904-1971
Loeb, Richard A
Loeb, Richard A., -- 1905-1936
Murder
Murder -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Biography
Murder -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Case studies
Murder -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Juvenile literature
Murderers
Murderers -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Biography
Murderers -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Case studies
Murderers -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Juvenile literature
Trials (Murder)
Trials (Murder) -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- Biography
Trials (Murder) -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- Case studies
Trials (Murder) -- Illinois -- Cook County
Trials (Murder) -- Illinois -- Cook County -- Juvenile literature
True crime stories
Franks, Bobby
Franks, Bobby, -- 1909-1924
History
Kidnapping
Kidnapping -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- Biography
Kidnapping -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- Case studies
Leopold, Nathan Freudenthal
Leopold, Nathan Freudenthal, -- 1904-1971
Loeb, Richard A
Loeb, Richard A., -- 1905-1936
Murder
Murder -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Biography
Murder -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Case studies
Murder -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Juvenile literature
Murderers
Murderers -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Biography
Murderers -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Case studies
Murderers -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Juvenile literature
Trials (Murder)
Trials (Murder) -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- Biography
Trials (Murder) -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- Case studies
Trials (Murder) -- Illinois -- Cook County
Trials (Murder) -- Illinois -- Cook County -- Juvenile literature
True crime stories
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ISBN:
9780593177433
9780593177426
9780593177426
Lexile measure:
850L
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Loeb, Richard A., -- 1905-1936
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Murderers -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Case studies
Murderers -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Juvenile literature
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Loeb, Richard A
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