Download The Mad Sculptor: The Maniac, the Model, and the Murder that Shook the Nation Epub Download for everyone book mediafire, rapishare, and mirror link
From Booklist
In large part because it sold newspapers, exceptionally lurid reporting of murders often “shook the nation,” especially in post-Depression America. The tabloids sold well if they got the scoop, and if they invented much of it, few cared. So the case of the Mad Sculptor was one in a string of “read-all-about-it” crimes, this one made more newsworthy because the primary victim, Veronica Gedeon, had modeled for several true-crime pulps, so in addition to the details the newsmen and -women whipped up, they also published photos of her posing, cowering and scantily clad, “a half-naked beauty in mortal distress.” The murderer, Robert Irwin, was not only a burgeoning sculptor but also under the psychological wing of Fredric Wertham, most notorious today, perhaps, for his best-seller, Seduction of the Innocent (1954), which fingered comic books for making criminals of children. To top off the case, Irwin’s attorney was Samuel Leibowitz, who later won great renown for freeing the Scottsboro Boys. Schechter (Psycho USA: Famous American Killers You Never Heard Of, 2012) adds another page-turner to his stable of atmospheric, highly readable true-crime works. --Eloise Kinney
Review
“Ambitious, bold, and evocative, Schechter’s storytelling grabs the reader in a similar manner to Capote’s searing
In Cold Blood.” —
Publishers Weekly“Grisly…The novelist Raymond Chandler listed it as No. 3 on his compilation of the 10 greatest crimes of the century.”—New York Times
“This fascinating tale of a charismatic and savvy madman will thrill historical true crime fans.”—Library Journal
“Schechter adds another page-turner to his stable of atmospheric, highly readable true-crime works.” —Booklist
“Harold Schechter, arguably America’s foremost historian of the macabre, has unearthed one of the most fascinating—and terrifying—horrors of the Depression era. You’ve probably never heard of the artist Robert Irwin or the beautiful model Veronica Gedeon. After reading Schechter’s visceral telling of their story, you’ll never be able to forget them.” —Douglas Perry, author of Eliot Ness: The Rise and Fall of an American Hero
“A righteously disturbing chronicle of a madman/artist and his deviant life, Schechter again produces a heavyweight. Meticulously researched and eloquently delivered, The Mad Sculptor is a wild ride into a savage crime in 1930s New York.” —Steve Miller, author of Detroit Rock City: The Uncensored History of Rock ‘n’ Roll in America’s Loudest City
“Harold Schechter has unveiled another sensational murder with a cast of characters that might have stepped from a novel by Dostoyevsky. Schechter’s absorbing narrative will fascinate everyone with an interest in New York in the twentieth century.” —Simon Baatz, author of For the Thrill of It: Leopold, Loeb and the Murder that Shocked Chicago
See all Editorial Reviews
Books with free ebook downloads available The Mad Sculptor: The Maniac, the Model, and the Murder that Shook the Nation Epub Download