Death in the air : the true story of a serial killer, the great London smog, and the strangling of a city

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Death in the air : the true story of a serial killer, the great London smog, and the strangling of a city

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the true story of a serial killer, the great London smog, and the strangling of a city

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Kate Winkler Dawson

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eng

Summary

-- The Devil in the White City In winter 1952, London automobiles and thousands of coal-burning hearths belched particulate matter into the air. But the smog that descended on December 5th of 1952 was different; it was a type that held the city hostage for five long days. Mass transit ground to a halt, criminals roamed the streets, and 12,000 people died. That same month, there was another killer at large in London: John Reginald Christie, who murdered at least six women. In a braided narrative that draws on extensive interviews, never-before-published material, and archival research, Dawson captivatingly recounts the intersecting stories of the these two killers and their longstanding impact on modern history

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MMI

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364.152/32092

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index present

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HV6248.E75

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D39 2017eb

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non fiction

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