Geary, Rick

"The fourth entry in Geary's chronicling of famous XXth century murders tackles the extremely controversial case of Italian immigrants Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti. Geary delves into his most political case yet in this series, however, all his favorite elements are there: the murders are unsolved, the attention of the media is tremendous, there are multiple theories as to what really happened. What's unusual about this particular event is how this polarized and galvanized the world. A possibly biased judge they could never get rid of no matter how many appeals, thanks to Massachusetts law, and a prevailing attitude, especially among the ruling elite, about eradicating anarchists and communists, may have contributed to what many decried as a monkey court trial. Many pieces of evidence were inconclusive, much testimony questionable. Riots erupted all over the world. They lived in a time when class differences were at a raw edge worldwide, the US included, and this struck far too many as more evidence of repression by the ruling elite. In this volume, we are not dealing with some outlandish fait divers but a clash of classes and a justice system that may have failed to treat these men with any equanimity. The tension throughout the book is palpable as a result"--Publisher's wbe site.

A collection of short graphic stories featuring Blanche, a piano professor in early twentieth-century Manhattan who embarks on grand adventures across the country and throughout Europe.

Combines fact and fiction in a black-and-white cartoon chronicle of the Jack the Ripper murders, following the case from the perspective of a Victorian Englishman.

A graphic novel account of the Victorian crime saga involving the Benders, an odd family that arrived in Kansas in the early 1870s and set up a combination dwelling, grocery store, and inn from which wealthy travelers vanished at an alarming rate.

Uses comic art to examine the question of who killed Mary Rogers, a young nineteenth-century New York woman rumored to have died of a botched abortion attempt; includes discussion of Edgar Allan Poe's story based on the case, "The Mystery of Mary Roget.".

A true account of the assassination and death of President James A. Garfield, presented in graphic novel format.

Tells the story of Madeleine Smith, a prosperous Scottish architect's daughter, who in 1855, was accused of poisoning her lover so she could marry a wealthy merchant.

A graphic novel account of the murder trial of Lizzie Borden who was accused of murdering her parents in a vicious attack with an ax in Fall River, Massachusetts, in 1892.

A graphic novel account of the life and grisly career of serial killer H.H. Holmes, particularly focusing on his life in Chicago, where he was responsible for an unknown number of deaths in the late nineteenth century.