COMPULSION

MEYER LEVIN

Published by SIMON & SCHUSTER, NEW YORK, NY, 1956

Language: English

Condition: Used - Very good Hardcover

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THIS BOOK BY MEYER LEVIN IS A FICTIONALIZED VERSION OF THE MAY, 1924 KIDNAPPING AND MURDER OF A 14 YEAR OLD BO,Y, BOBBY FRANK, IN SOUTH CHICAGO. THE MURDERERS WERE NATHAN FREUDENTHAL LEOPOLD JR. AND RICHARD ALBERT LOEB, 18 YEAR OLD WEALTH Y COLLEGE STUDENTS WHO PLOTTED THE KIDNAPPING AND MURDER AS A "PERFECT CRIME" FOR TH E THRILL OF THE EXPERIENCE.THEIR PLOT UNRAVELED WHEN EYE GLASSES LOST AT THE CRIME SCENE WERE FOUND AND TRACED TO THE KILLERS. THE FICTIONAL ACCOUNT OF THE CRIME BY MEYER LEVIN IS MINUTELY DETAILED AS IF THE READER WERE PRESENT DURING THE PLANNING AND CARRYING OUT OF THE CRIME ITSELF. THE MURDERERS WERE CONVICTED OF THE CRIME AND THROUGH THE LEGAL SKILLS OF THEIR LAWYER CLARENCE DARROW, HE WAS ABLE TO GET THEM SENTENCED TO LIFE PLUS 99 YEARS IMPRISONMENT RATHER THAN THE DEATH PENALTY, THE BOOK AND STORY WAS PRODUCED AS A THEATRE PLAY AND ALSO A MOVIE. THE AUTHOR AND BOOK IS LISTED IN "CHICAGO IN STORY A LITERARY HISTORY" BY CLARENCE A. ANDREWS.

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Title

COMPULSION

Publisher

SIMON & SCHUSTER, NEW YORK, NY

Publication Date

1956

Language

English

Binding

Hardcover

Edition

First Edition.

Condition

Very Good

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Aah! Rare Chicago specializes in collections of Chicago authors such as David Mamet, Ben Hecht, Vincent Starrett,James T. Farrell, Eugene Field, George Ade, Studs Terkel and many others along with collections of Chicago Publishers such as Stone and Kimball and Way and Willams. We have hundreds of books about Chicago dating back to the early 1800s including Crime, Prostitution, Banking, Mayors, Architecture, Newspapers, Sports, the 1968 Democratic convention riots including posters and the subsequent conspiracy trial, Prefire imprints and Business. Much of the material is very difficult to find material such as in early in magazines and other ephemera.

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