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Item:JACK THE RIPPER - LETTERS FROM HELL RRP $29.95

JACK THE RIPPER - LETTERS FROM HELL RRP $29.95

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Item number:260503334696
Item location:Winston Hills NSW, Australia
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Format: SoftcoverPublication Year: 2004
Subject: HistorySpecial Attributes: --
 History By CountryLanguage: English
 United KingdomCondition: New
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JACK THE RIPPER:  LETTERS FROM HELL

Stewart P. Evans & Keith Skinner

Between August and November 1888 six women were found murdered and mutilated in London's East End and Aldgate.  All were prostitutes; one was found on a common landing, on in the street, one in a backyard, one in an entry, one in a public square and the sixth in a house.  The murders provoked massive interest in the press and dozens of letters quickly appeared, claiming to have been written by the killer.  The origin of the name Jack the Ripper itself was a letter, famously written to 'Dear Boss', the head of the Central News Agency.

Certain letters have been reproduced or quoted in previous books but Stewart Evans and Keith Skinner are the first to have read and examined every one.  This important book reproduces and transcribes all the letters, including the 'Dear Boss' correspondence and the horrific letter sent to the chairman of the Whitechapel Vigilance Committee together with a piece of human kidney.  The authors relate the letters to the complete story of the Whitechapel murders, tracing the hysteria and misconceptions that dogged both the police and Fleet Street during 1888-9 and providing valuable and revealing insights int he Victorian psyche.

For the first time the cases of three people arrested by the police for sending 'Jack the Ripper' letters are explored, including that of Maria Coroner, the attractive 21-year-old Bradford girl.  Evans and Skinner also examine the letters of seven suspects, including Dr Roslyn D'Onston Stephenson and Nikaner Benelius.  An original and responsible look at a case which has been tackled by many authors in a hackneyed way, the story of the Ripper letters ends by posing a controversial question: was Jack the Ripper merely a press invention?
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298 pages

Large softcover.  Book is new & in excellent condition.

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