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  • THE GASLIGHT MURDERS: The Saga of Sidney Street and the Scarlet 'S'. by Holroyd, James Edward.
    Holroyd, James Edward.
    THE GASLIGHT MURDERS: The Saga of Sidney Street and the Scarlet 'S'.

    Edition: First printing.

    London: George Allen and Unwin Ltd, (1960) dj. Hardcover first edition - A new investigation of the siege of Sidney Street where Russian anarchists/gunmen were hiding after a botched robbery that left three policemen dead, and the murder of a Russian on Clapham Common at the same time - one which links these crimes. Based on documentary and eyewitness material, and on police files not available to previous historians. Illustrated with photographs. 246 pp. plus colophon and one pp publisher ads.

    Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket (some foxing to the back cover of the dj and edges of the textblock, offsetting to endpapers, but a straight, tight copy with a bright dust jacket.)

    Book ID: 71452
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  • WHY MY FATHER DIED: A Daughter Confronts Her Family's Past at the Trial of Klaus Barbie. by Kahn, Annette.
    Kahn, Annette.
    WHY MY FATHER DIED: A Daughter Confronts Her Family's Past at the Trial of Klaus Barbie.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Summit Books, (1991) dj. Hardcover first edition - Kahn was two years old in 1944 when her father, a Jew and a French Resistance fighter, was murdered by Nazi Klaus Barbie, the 'Butcher of Lyon.' "Forty-three years later, as chief political reporter for the magazine Le Point , she was assigned to cover Barbie's trial. Performing a balancing act between the roles of detached journalist and grief-stricken victim's daughter, Kahn skillfully interweaves courtroom drama, testimonies of Holocaust survivors, an account of Barbie's sordid career path and the wrenching story of her parents' ordeal. Her mother, sent to Auschwitz, was rescued, a near-skeleton, at the war's end. . . Kahn provides shocking detail on how U.S. intelligence bureaucrats…

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    New York: Summit Books, (1991) dj. Hardcover first edition - Kahn was two years old in 1944 when her father, a Jew and a French Resistance fighter, was murdered by Nazi Klaus Barbie, the 'Butcher of Lyon.' "Forty-three years later, as chief political reporter for the magazine Le Point , she was assigned to cover Barbie's trial. Performing a balancing act between the roles of detached journalist and grief-stricken victim's daughter, Kahn skillfully interweaves courtroom drama, testimonies of Holocaust survivors, an account of Barbie's sordid career path and the wrenching story of her parents' ordeal. Her mother, sent to Auschwitz, was rescued, a near-skeleton, at the war's end. . . Kahn provides shocking detail on how U.S. intelligence bureaucrats protected Barbie after the war and how the CIA helped him escape to Bolivia in 1951." (Publisher's Weekly) Translated by Anna Cancogni. 238 pp. ISBN: 0-671658832.

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    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 83992
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  • WOLF WHISTLE. by Nordan, Lewis.
    Nordan, Lewis.
    WOLF WHISTLE.

    Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )

    Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin, 1993. First edition - Nordan's fourth book - a novel set in the South in the 1950s - one that follows the "crooked paths of righteous racism" (although not a retelling of the story of Emmett Till, this novel had its roots in Nordan's memories of the trial - in a neighboring town in the Mississippi Delta - of 2 white men for Till's murder.) 290 pp.

    Condition: Fine in glossy wrappers.

    Book ID: 60895
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