Overview

Savannah is one of America's most beautiful and historic cities. Yet underneath the mint juleps, oaks bearded with Spanish moss and the splendor of colonial architecture, there lurks a deadly undercurrent. This is a first-person account of an award-winning newspaper crime reporter's career, covering scores of murders in the Savannah area, including one of the bloodiest eras in the city's history: in 1985, metro Savannah earned notoriety with the nation's highest homicide rate. The author describes a wide range of crimes, including murders over a 14-year-old lover, $4 for hamburgers or a baby carriage; the grisly murder of a voodoo priest; bound corpses in the waterways and interstate body dumping grounds; the Scarecrow and ""Say Cheese"" Killers, serial killer Wade Sheffield; and many more.

Full Product Details

Author:   Derek Smith
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.322kg
ISBN:  

9781476691831

ISBN 10:   1476691835
Pages:   249
Publication Date:   24 April 2023
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Introduction Prelude: Beginnings Chapter 1. Front-Page Murders: Some of the Most Sensational Chapter 2. Other Murders Most Foul Chapter 3. The All but Forgotten: A Few of Savannah’s Cold Cases Chapter 4. The Year of Dying Dangerously Chapter 5. Homicide in the Hinterland Chapter 6. Blood on the Badge Chapter 7. Missing Persons Files Chapter 8. Water, Water Everywhere: Hurricanes, Rescues and Corpses Chapter 9. People Do the Strangest Things: The Sad, Tragic, Vicious and Just Weird Chapter 10. Difference Makers, Heroes and Characters Chapter 11. Savannah Vice and St. Patrick’s Days Epilogue Chapter Notes Index

Reviews

"""Informatively enhanced...exceptionally well written, organized and presented...an extraordinary history of an extraordinary American city and highly recommended for personnel, community, and academic library True Crime collections and supplemental curriculum studies lists""--Midwest Book Review"

Author Information

Derek Smith was a crime reporter in Savannah, Georgia, for almost ten years and has written extensively on the Civil War. He lives in Bishopville, South Carolina.

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