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True Crime: An American Anthology delves into the enduring fascination that Americans have had with crime since the earliest European settlements. This collection offers a comprehensive look at the ways in which U.S. writers have explored criminal acts, focusing on the dark motives that drive offenders, the shock of crime’s impact on society, and the attempts to understand the violent extremes of human behavior. In his introduction, Harold Schechter observes that the human community, feeling assaulted from within, seeks frameworks and context to explain what appears unexplainable.
First publish date: 2008
Genre: General Fiction/Anthologies
Authors: Harold Schechter
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