Harold Schechter
Harold Schechter is a professor of American literature and culture at Queens College, the City University of New York. He is widely celebrated for both fiction and true-crime writing, including The Devil's Gentleman and The Serial Killer Files. He lives in Brooklyn and Mattituck, Long Island, with his wife, the poet Kimiko Hahn.
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Psycho USA
Trade Paperback | 416 pages | Ballantine Books | True Crime; Social Science - Criminology; Psychology & Psychiatry - Pathological Psychology
978-0-345-52447-8 (0-345-52447-0)
August 7, 2012 | $24.00
AMERICA’S MOST COLD-BLOODED!
In the horrifying annals of American crime, the infamous names of brutal killers such as Bundy, Dahmer, Gacy, and Berkowitz are writ large in the imaginations of a public both horrified and hypnotized by their monstrous, murderous acts. But for every celebrity psychopath who’s gotten ink for...
Written by Harold Schechter
Trade Paperback | 416 pages | Ballantine Books | True Crime; Social Science - Criminology; Psychology & Psychiatry - Pathological Psychology
978-0-345-52447-8 (0-345-52447-0)
August 7, 2012 | $24.00
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AMERICA’S MOST COLD-BLOODED!
In the horrifying annals of American crime, the infamous names of brutal killers such as Bundy, Dahmer, Gacy, and Berkowitz are writ large in the imaginations of a public both horrified and hypnotized by their monstrous, murderous acts. But for every celebrity psychopath who’s gotten ink for...
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Psycho USA
eBook | 352 pages | Ballantine Books | True Crime; Social Science - Criminology; Psychology & Psychiatry - Pathological Psychology
978-0-345-52448-5 (0-345-52448-9)
August 7, 2012 | $11.99
AMERICA’S MOST COLD-BLOODED!
In the horrifying annals of American crime, the infamous names of brutal killers such as Bundy, Dahmer, Gacy, and Berkowitz are writ large in the imaginations of a public both horrified and hypnotized by their monstrous, murderous acts. But for every celebrity psychopath who’s gotten ink for...
Written by Harold Schechter
eBook | 352 pages | Ballantine Books | True Crime; Social Science - Criminology; Psychology & Psychiatry - Pathological Psychology
978-0-345-52448-5 (0-345-52448-9)
August 7, 2012 | $11.99
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AMERICA’S MOST COLD-BLOODED!
In the horrifying annals of American crime, the infamous names of brutal killers such as Bundy, Dahmer, Gacy, and Berkowitz are writ large in the imaginations of a public both horrified and hypnotized by their monstrous, murderous acts. But for every celebrity psychopath who’s gotten ink for...
Also available as a
trade paperback.
Killer Verse
Hardcover | 256 pages | Everyman's Library | Poetry - Anthologies (multiple authors)
978-0-307-70093-3 (0-307-70093-3)
September 6, 2011 | $15.95
Edited by Harold Schechter and Kurt Brown
Hardcover | 256 pages | Everyman's Library | Poetry - Anthologies (multiple authors)
978-0-307-70093-3 (0-307-70093-3)
September 6, 2011 | $15.95
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Killer Verse: Poems of Murder and Mayhem is a spine-tingling collection of terrifically creepy poems about the deadly art of murder.
The villains and victims who populate these pages range from Cain and Abel and Bluebeard and his wives to Lizzie Borden, Jack the Ripper, and Mafia hit men. The literary forms...
The Whole Death Catalog
eBook | pages | Ballantine Books | Social Science
978-0-345-51251-2 (0-345-51251-0)
June 2, 2009 | $13.99
In the tradition of Mary Roach’s bestselling Stiff and Jessica Mitford’s classic exposé The American Way of Death comes this meticulously researched, refreshingly irreverent, and lavishly illustrated look at death from acclaimed author Harold Schechter. With his trademark fearlessness and bracing sense of humor, Schechter digs deep into a wealth of...
Written by Harold Schechter
eBook | pages | Ballantine Books | Social Science
978-0-345-51251-2 (0-345-51251-0)
June 2, 2009 | $13.99
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In the tradition of Mary Roach’s bestselling Stiff and Jessica Mitford’s classic exposé The American Way of Death comes this meticulously researched, refreshingly irreverent, and lavishly illustrated look at death from acclaimed author Harold Schechter. With his trademark fearlessness and bracing sense of humor, Schechter digs deep into a wealth of...
Also available as a
trade paperback.
The Whole Death Catalog
Trade Paperback | 320 pages | Ballantine Books | Social Science
978-0-345-49964-6 (0-345-49964-6)
June 2, 2009 | $21.00
In the tradition of Mary Roach’s bestselling Stiff and Jessica Mitford’s classic exposé The American Way of Death comes this meticulously researched, refreshingly irreverent, and lavishly illustrated look at death from acclaimed author Harold Schechter. With his trademark fearlessness and bracing sense of humor, Schechter digs deep into a wealth of...
Written by Harold Schechter
Trade Paperback | 320 pages | Ballantine Books | Social Science
978-0-345-49964-6 (0-345-49964-6)
June 2, 2009 | $21.00
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In the tradition of Mary Roach’s bestselling Stiff and Jessica Mitford’s classic exposé The American Way of Death comes this meticulously researched, refreshingly irreverent, and lavishly illustrated look at death from acclaimed author Harold Schechter. With his trademark fearlessness and bracing sense of humor, Schechter digs deep into a wealth of...
Also available as an
eBook.
The Devil's Gentleman
Trade Paperback | 512 pages | Ballantine Books | True Crime - Murder; History - Modern - 20th Century; History
978-0-345-47680-7 (0-345-47680-8)
September 30, 2008 | $19.00
From renowned true-crime historian Harold Schechter comes the riveting exploration of a notorious New York City murder in the 1890s, the fascinating forensic science of an earlier time, and the grisly court case that became a tabloid spectacle.
The wayward son of a revered Civil War general, Roland Molineux enjoyed good looks...
Written by Harold Schechter
Trade Paperback | 512 pages | Ballantine Books | True Crime - Murder; History - Modern - 20th Century; History
978-0-345-47680-7 (0-345-47680-8)
September 30, 2008 | $19.00
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From renowned true-crime historian Harold Schechter comes the riveting exploration of a notorious New York City murder in the 1890s, the fascinating forensic science of an earlier time, and the grisly court case that became a tabloid spectacle.
The wayward son of a revered Civil War general, Roland Molineux enjoyed good looks...
Also available as an
eBook.
The Devil's Gentleman
eBook | pages | Ballantine Books | True Crime - Murder; History - Modern - 20th Century; History
978-0-345-50942-0 (0-345-50942-0)
September 30, 2008 | $13.99
From renowned true-crime historian Harold Schechter, whom The Boston Book Review hails as “America’s principal chronicler of its greatest psychopathic killers,” comes the riveting exploration of a notorious, sensational New York City murder in the 1890s, the fascinating forensic science of an earlier age, and the explosively dramatic trial that became...
Written by Harold Schechter
eBook | pages | Ballantine Books | True Crime - Murder; History - Modern - 20th Century; History
978-0-345-50942-0 (0-345-50942-0)
September 30, 2008 | $13.99
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From renowned true-crime historian Harold Schechter, whom The Boston Book Review hails as “America’s principal chronicler of its greatest psychopathic killers,” comes the riveting exploration of a notorious, sensational New York City murder in the 1890s, the fascinating forensic science of an earlier age, and the explosively dramatic trial that became...
Also available as a
trade paperback.
Conversation Pieces
Hardcover | 256 pages | Everyman's Library | Poetry - Anthologies (multiple authors)
978-0-307-26545-6 (0-307-26545-5)
March 20, 2007 | $15.50
This utterly delightful anthology gathers poetic responses to other poems in a dialogue conducted across space and time.
Here are poems that answer, argue with, update, elaborate on, mock, interrogate, or pay tribute to poems of the past. We hear Leda's view of the Swan; feel sympathy for La Belle Dame...
Edited by Kurt Brown and Harold Schechter
Hardcover | 256 pages | Everyman's Library | Poetry - Anthologies (multiple authors)
978-0-307-26545-6 (0-307-26545-5)
March 20, 2007 | $15.50
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This utterly delightful anthology gathers poetic responses to other poems in a dialogue conducted across space and time.
Here are poems that answer, argue with, update, elaborate on, mock, interrogate, or pay tribute to poems of the past. We hear Leda's view of the Swan; feel sympathy for La Belle Dame...
The Serial Killer Files
Trade Paperback | 432 pages | Ballantine Books | True Crime; True Crime - Murder
978-0-345-46566-5 (0-345-46566-0)
December 30, 2003 | $24.95
THE DEFINITIVE DOSSIER ON HISTORY’S MOST HEINOUS!
Hollywood’s make-believe maniacs like Jason, Freddy, and Hannibal Lecter can’t hold a candle to real life monsters like John Wayne Gacy, Ted Bundy, Jeffrey Dahmer, and scores of others who have terrorized, tortured, and terminated their way across civilization throughout the ages. Now, from the...
Written by Harold Schechter
Trade Paperback | 432 pages | Ballantine Books | True Crime; True Crime - Murder
978-0-345-46566-5 (0-345-46566-0)
December 30, 2003 | $24.95
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THE DEFINITIVE DOSSIER ON HISTORY’S MOST HEINOUS!
Hollywood’s make-believe maniacs like Jason, Freddy, and Hannibal Lecter can’t hold a candle to real life monsters like John Wayne Gacy, Ted Bundy, Jeffrey Dahmer, and scores of others who have terrorized, tortured, and terminated their way across civilization throughout the ages. Now, from the...
Also available as an
eBook.
The Serial Killer Files
eBook | pages | Ballantine Books | True Crime; True Crime - Murder
978-0-345-47200-7 (0-345-47200-4)
December 30, 2003 | $18.99
THE DEFINITIVE DOSSIER ON HISTORY’S MOST HEINOUS!
Hollywood’s make-believe maniacs like Jason, Freddy, and Hannibal Lecter can’t hold a candle to real life monsters like John Wayne Gacy, Ted Bundy, Jeffrey Dahmer, and scores of others who have terrorized, tortured, and terminated their way across civilization throughout the ages. Now, from the...
Written by Harold Schechter
eBook | pages | Ballantine Books | True Crime; True Crime - Murder
978-0-345-47200-7 (0-345-47200-4)
December 30, 2003 | $18.99
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THE DEFINITIVE DOSSIER ON HISTORY’S MOST HEINOUS!
Hollywood’s make-believe maniacs like Jason, Freddy, and Hannibal Lecter can’t hold a candle to real life monsters like John Wayne Gacy, Ted Bundy, Jeffrey Dahmer, and scores of others who have terrorized, tortured, and terminated their way across civilization throughout the ages. Now, from the...
Also available as a
trade paperback.
