She Devil In The City Of Angels

Author : Cara Anzilotti
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1440840989
Total Pages : 201 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book She-Devil in the City of Angels written by Cara Anzilotti and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2016-06-20 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This compelling study of the American public's response to the fate of accused murderer Hattie Woolsteen uses this legal case to examine the complexities of gender history and societal fears about the changing roles of women during the Victorian era. In October of 1887, a young woman named Hattie Woolsteen was accused of murdering her married lover, Los Angeles dentist Charles Harlan. The subsequent trial captivated the public as few incidents had done before. The idea of a female murderer was particularly disturbing in 19th-century America, and the public quickly labeled her a fiend and a "she-devil." But despite the overwhelming evidence against the accused, Hattie Woolsteen was not only acquitted of the charge, but emerged as the victim in this sordid drama. As the public grappled with the details of Hattie's alleged crime, she became a symbol of female victimization and gender inequality—as well as an unlikely champion of women's rights. This book provides the fascinating and lurid details of the Hattie Woolsteen murder case within the context of 19th-century American social history, allowing readers to view this event in historical perspective. Its chapters examine the various factors that influenced public opinion about the case and its outcome, including Victorian attitudes about gender roles and women's place in American society as well as sexuality and crime, common concerns about the societal consequences of rapid urbanization, the power of the Victorian-era press in shaping public opinion, and the subjective nature of the criminal justice system in that time period.

Author : Joel Engel
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 1250012457
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book L.A. '56 written by Joel Engel and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2012-04-10 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Los Angeles, 1956. Glamorous. Prosperous. The place to see and be seen. But beneath the shiny exterior beats a dark heart. For when the sun goes down, L.A. becomes the noir city of James Ellroy's L.A. Confidential or Walter Mosley's Easy Rawlins novels. Segregation is the unwritten law of the land. The growing black population is expected to keep to South Central. The white cops are encouraged to deal out harsh street justice. In L.A. '56, Joel Engel paints a tense, moody portrait of the city as a devil weaves his way through the shadows. While R&B and hot jazz spill out of record shops and clubs and all-night burger stands, Willie Fields cruises past in his dark green DeSoto, looking for a woman on whom he can bestow the gift of his company. His brilliant idea: Buy a tin badge in the five-and-ten to go along with his big flashlight and Luger and pretend to be an undercover vice cop. The young white girls doing it with their boyfriends in the lovers' lanes dotting the L.A. hills would never say no to a cop. Into the car they go for a ride downtown on a "morals charge," before he kicks out the young man in the middle of nowhere and takes the girl for a ride she'll spend a lifetime trying to forget. There's a bad guy on the loose in the City of Angels. Enter Detective Danny Galindo-he'd worked the Black Dahlia case back in '47 as a rookie. The suave Latino-one of the few in the department-is able to move easily among the white detectives. Maybe it's all those stories he's sold to Jack Webb for Dragnet. When Todd Roark, a black ex-cop, is arrested, Galindo knows he's innocent. But there's no sympathy for Roark among the white cops on the LAPD; Galindo will have to go it alone. There's only one problem: The victims aren't coming forward. The white press ignores the story, too, making Galindo's job that much more difficult. And now he's fallen in love with one of the rapist's first victims. If he's ever found out, he can kiss his badge good-bye. With his back up against a wall, Galindo realizes that it will take some good old-fashioned Hollywood magic to take down a devil in the City of Angels.

Author : Cheryl Porter
Publisher : Review and Herald Pub Assoc
ISBN 13 : 0828024715
Total Pages : 114 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Not Alone written by Cheryl Porter and published by Review and Herald Pub Assoc. This book was released on 2009 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1970s Los Angeles, a lonely teenager named Kellie struggles with the temptations of alcohol, drugs, and the occult, until an older Christian friend introduces her to God.

Author : Cara Anzilotti
Publisher : Praeger
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book She-devil in the City of Angels written by Cara Anzilotti and published by Praeger. This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In October of 1887, a young woman named Hattie Woolsteen was accused of murdering her married lover, Los Angeles dentist Charles Harlan. The subsequent trial captivated the public as few incidents had done before. The idea of a female murderer was particularly disturbing in 19th-century America, and the public quickly labeled her a fiend and a 'she-devil.' But despite the overwhelming evidence against the accused, Hattie Woolsteen was not only acquitted of the charge, but emerged as the victim in this sordid drama. As the public grappled with the details of Hattie's alleged crime, she became a symbol of female victimization and gender inequality--as well as an unlikely champion of women's rights. This book provides the fascinating and lurid details of the Hattie Woolsteen murder case within the context of 19th-century American social history, allowing readers to view this event in historical perspective. Its chapters examine the various factors that influenced public opinion about the case and its outcome, including Victorian attitudes about gender roles and women's place in American society as well as sexuality and crime, common concerns about the societal consequences of rapid urbanization, the power of the Victorian-era press in shaping public opinion, and the subjective nature of the criminal justice system in that time period"--Provided by publisher.

Author : Lawrence M. Friedman
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108619762
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Crime Without Punishment written by Lawrence M. Friedman and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2018-05-31 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this compelling book, Lawrence M. Friedman looks at situations where killing is condemned by law but not by social norms and, therefore, is rarely punished. He shows how penal codes categorize homicides by degree of intent, which are in turn based on society's sense of moral outrage. Despite being officially defined as murder, many homicides have historically gone unpunished. Friedman looks at early vigilante justice, crimes of passion, murder of necessity, mercy killings, and assisted suicides. In his explorations of these unpunished homicides, Friedman probes what these circumstances tell us about conflicts in social and cultural norms and the interaction of law and society.

Author : Dan Brown
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 074349346X
Total Pages : 496 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Angels & Demons written by Dan Brown and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2006-05-23 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The murder of a world-famous physicist raises fears that the Illuminati are operating again after centuries of silence, and religion professor Robert Langdon is called in to assist with the case.

Author : John Berendt
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 9780143036937
Total Pages : 438 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The City of Falling Angels written by John Berendt and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2006-09-26 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A #1 New York Times Bestseller! "Funny, insightful, illuminating . . ." —The Boston Globe Twelve years ago, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil exploded into a monumental success, residing a record-breaking four years on the New York Times bestseller list (longer than any work of fiction or nonfiction had before) and turning John Berendt into a household name. The City of Falling Angels is Berendt's first book since Midnight, and it immediately reminds one what all the fuss was about. Turning to the magic, mystery, and decadence of Venice, Berendt gradually reveals the truth behind a sensational fire that in 1996 destroyed the historic Fenice opera house. Encountering a rich cast of characters, Berendt tells a tale full of atmosphere and surprise as the stories build, one after the other, ultimately coming together to portray a world as finely drawn as a still-life painting.

Author : Deborah Chastain
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780615628110
Total Pages : 410 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sorry I Was No Fun at the Circus written by Deborah Chastain and published by . This book was released on 2012-08-01 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Once called devil winds, the Santa Anas sweep down through the Los Angeles basin carrying death and destruction. For one woman, in one short season of her life, the winds also carried a perfect and treacherous personal storm. Caught up in a dangerous relationship of lies, secrets, and illusions, realizing she is going to die, she begins a desperate struggle for survival. Isolated and alone, her foundation completely swept away, she walks the tightrope between life and death as she faces down devil winds in the City of Angels. Harrowingly dark yet surprisingly funny, SORRY I WAS NO FUN AT THE CIRCUS is a story of love and rage, sickness and health, hope and fear, all bound up in the most fundamental and profoundly human story of all: the attempt to discover understanding and meaning in the most stunning betrayals and disappointments of life. Reading like a psychological thriller, the book is a very intimate personal narrative of the complexities involved in The Judas Jilt Syndrome. Delivering a haunting version of Los Angeles, the historical details poignant, the book is also a disturbing portrait of a troubled relationship, of the fear, hope, and loss each person must face in life, an examination of the religion and philosophy many lean on to guide them on their journey. Heartbreaking and timeless, the appeal is universal. For readers who liked Out of Africa or The Stranger, this book will not disappoint. For anyone who has ever lost a loved one to cancer, anyone who has ever suffered, or anyone who ever will, this book is a must read. It is important, for it illuminates a very disturbing but all too common phenomenon, still a mystery to most.

Author : Stephanie Chong
Publisher : Harlequin
ISBN 13 : 077831247X
Total Pages : 19 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Where Demons Fear to Tread written by Stephanie Chong and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2011-08-23 with total page 19 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fledging guardian angel and yoga teacher Serena St. Clair dares to enter Devil's Paradise nightclub on a mission—to retrieve the wayward Hollywood "It Boy" she's assigned to protect. But she's ambushed by the club's owner, arch demon Julian Ascher. The most powerful demonic entity in Los Angeles, Julian is handsome as sin, a master of temptation who loves nothing more than corrupting pleasure-seeking humans. He won't release the lost soul Serena is supposed to guard. Unless she accepts his dangerous wager… After the disastrous way his human life ended, Julian vowed that no woman would get the better of him again. Yet this sexy-sweet angel, smelling of fresh ocean air and happiness, triggers centuries-old feelings. Now, their high-stakes game of seduction, where angels fall from grace and where demons fear to tread, will lead them either to an eternity in hell…or a deliciously hot heaven.

Author : Debra Dunbar
Publisher : Debra Dunbar
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book California Demon written by Debra Dunbar and published by Debra Dunbar. This book was released on 2021-01-12 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In New Hell, only the monsters survive. Eden Alvaro is a licensed Vulture, picking through the aftermath of violence in demon-plagued LA, and fencing her finds to help support her family. But when a crooked cop reports her for a salvage she didn’t take, all hell breaks loose. Stripped of her license, Eden finds herself with a price on her head. When the mercenaries hunting her raid her home, brutalize her family and abduct one of her sisters, Eden turns to the enigmatic Bishop—a man with a reputation for violence who, for the right price, can find just about anything or anyone. With time running out to find her sister before she’s sold into slavery, Eden is determined to get her back—even if she has to slaughter her way through a gang affiliated with the traffickers and face down one of the powerful demons in control of the city. She’ll need every bit of her burgeoning magical powers to bring her sister back alive—and she’ll need to put herself in debt to Bishop. But when it comes to her family, no price is too high for Eden to pay.