| International Standard Book Number |
9781668075906
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| International Standard Book Number |
1668075903
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| Dewey Decimal Classification Number |
364.15230979494
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| Personal Name |
Mann, William J., author.
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| Title Statement |
Black Dahlia : murder, monsters, and madness in midcentury Hollywood / William J. Mann.
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| Edition Statement |
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
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| Imprint |
New York, NY : Simon & Schuster, 2026.
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| Physical Description |
xvi, 444 pages, 16 unnumbered leaves of unnumbered plates : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm.
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| Bibliography, Etc. Note |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 393-444).
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| Formatted Contents Note |
Part One: Wanderlust -- 1. "Seemed Like a Nice Girl" -- 2. "The Kid Was Broke and Hungry" -- 3. "It Was Fun, So What?" -- 4. "You've Got to Stop Being Innocent Sometime" -- 5. "She Might Not Have Been Telling Me the Truth" -- 6. "Find Your Happiness Where You Can" -- Part Two: Pursuit -- 7. "We Thought That It Was a Mannequin" -- 8. "Have You Noticed Anybody Acting Peculiarly?" -- 9. "Your Daughter Has Won a Beauty Contest" -- 10. "Nobody Ever Called Her That" -- 11. "The Belle of Hollywood's Boulevards" -- 12. "Forget It. Wouldn't Make the Papers." -- 13. "Some Trick Question Up His Sleeve" -- 14. "In a Heck of a Mess" -- 15. "We've Got Nothing" -- 16. "So Many Leads We Don't Know Which to Choose First" -- 17. "Someone with Medical Finesse and Unbelievable Anger" -- Part Three: Reckoning -- 18. "I Am Writing a Textbook Dealing with Behavioral Problems" -- 19. "You Know What Body I Mean" -- 20. "Disregard for Elementary Rights of Citizens" -- 21. "Large Quantities of Blood" -- 22. "Get Brown" -- 23. "That's Good Enough, Isn't It?" -- 24. "He Could Possibly Be a Very Good Suspect" -- 25. "I'd Like to Fly, Too".
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| Summary, Etc. |
"The brutal murder of Elizabeth Short--better known as the Black Dahlia--in 1947 has been in the public consciousness for nearly eighty years, yet no serious study of the crime has ever been published. Short has been mischaracterized as a wayward sex worker or vagabond, and--like the seductive femme fatales of film noir--responsible for and perhaps deserving of her fate. William J. Mann, however, is interested in the truth. His extensive research reveals her as a young woman with curiosity and drive, who leveraged what little agency postwar society gave her to explore the world, defying draconian postwar gender expectations to settle down, marry, and have children. It's time to re-examine the woman who became known as the Black Dahlia. Using a 21st-century lens, Mann connects Short's story to the anxious era after World War II, when the nation was grappling with new ideas, new demographics, new technologies, and old fears dressed up as new ones. Only by situating the Black Dahlia case within this changing world can we understand the tragedy of this young woman, whose life and death offer surprising mirrors on today"-- Provided by publisher.
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| Subject-Personal Name |
Short, Elizabeth, 1924-1947.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Murder Investigation California Los Angeles Case studies.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Murder Investigation California Los Angeles.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Cold cases (Criminal investigation) California Los Angeles.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Murder California Los Angeles Case studies.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Murder California Los Angeles.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Women United States Social conditions 20th century.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Case studies.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
True crime stories.
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