Murder & Mayhem in Portland, Oregon, Hardcover - J. D. Chandler

DescriptionThe headlines shook Portland, Oregon. The brutal Ardenwald axe murders. The retribution killings by Chinatown tongs. The fiendish acts o...

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In the nineteenth century, the art of photography revolutionized police methods of criminal identification as detectives made collections of crimin...

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Desperadoes like Frank and Jesse James earned Missouri the nickname of the "Outlaw State" after the Civil War, and that reputation followed the reg...

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The bucolic image of central Massachusetts belies a dark and sometimes deadly past. Grisly crimes and grim misdeeds reach back to colonial settleme...

Reducere. In this engaging narrative, author JD Chandler crafts a people's history of Portland, Oregon, sharing the lesser-known stories of individuals who s...

Murder and dark deeds shadowed the extravagance of the Gilded Age in the Berkshires of Massachusetts. In the summer of 1893, a tall and well-dresse...

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Reducere. DescriptionMurder and Mayhem -- true stories of crimes in the United State's fourth corner. Everything from public hangings, husbands killing wives...

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Join more than 20 photographers on a visual tour of eccentric urban Portland and its wild outlying areas, including Mount Hood and the Columbia Riv...

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A vivid and contemporary retelling of the Greek myths.

It's no puzzle why folks visit Portland or even call it home! From Voodoo Doughnuts to the International Rose Test Garden and Powell's Books, there...

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In forms as various as the melodramas of old Scottish ballads and the hard-boiled poems of twentieth-century noir, here are assembled the most colo...

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Southern Man tells the story of Alan Walden, one of the most colourful and influential personalities to emerge from the history of R&B and Southern...

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Dark City is the first book to explore how London became a criminals' paradise during the Second World War

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In J.D. Griffo's fourth Ferrara Family Mystery featuring a multi-generational Italian-American sleuthing duo Alberta Scaglione and her twentysometh...

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Tranquility, New Jersey's amateur drama troupe is staging a murder mystery at St. Winifred's Academy and Alberta Scaglione couldn't be more thrille...

Christmas in Tranquility, New Jersey, means togetherness for the Italian-American Ferrara family--and an unexpected reunion for Alberta Scaglione. ...

It's said that New Orleans' "culture doesn't come down from on high, it bubbles up from the streets." It is a proud city with interwoven stories of...

This introductory book offers a coherent history of twentieth century crime and the law in Britain, with chapters on topics ranging from homicide t...

This introductory book offers a coherent history of twentieth century crime and the law in Britain, with chapters on topics ranging from homicide t...

Publisher: Rowman & LittlefieldAuthor(s): Laurie WolfNumber of pages: 272Collection: Food Lovers' SeriesPublication date: 2014Dimensions: 204 x 143...

DescriptionSeasoned Italian-American Alberta Scaglione can whip up a traditional dish for any occasion. But when an impromptu vacation turns deadly...

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Reducere. About the AuthorNicole Gitenstein and her husband, chef Eric Gitenstein are co-owners of tiny Portland restaurant MF Tasty. Keep up with all the sp...

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