True Crime Detective Magazines 1924-1969 by Eric Godtland 338 Page

by Eric Godtland

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True Crime Detective Magazines 1924-1969 by Eric Godtland 338 Page Hardback with Dust Cover This True Crime Detective Magazines 1924-1969 Book by Eric Godtland contains dozens of full colour illustrations within its 338 Pages. It is the hardback edition complete with original Dust Cover. At the height of the Jazz Age, when Prohibition was turning ordinary citizens into criminals and ordinary criminals into celebrities, America’s true crime detective magazines were born. True Detective came first in 1924, and by 1934, when the Great Depression had produced colourful outlaws like Machine Gun Kelly, Bonnie and Clyde, Baby Face Nelson, and John Dillinger, the magazines were so popular cops and robbers alike vied to see themselves on the pages. Even FBI boss J. Edgar Hoover wrote regularly for what came to be called the “Dickbooks,” referring to a popular slang term for a detective. As the decades rolled on, the magazines went through a curious metamorphosis, however. When liquor was once more legal, the Depression over and all the flashy criminals dead or imprisoned, the “detectives” turned to sin to make sales. Sexy bad girls in tight sweaters, slit skirts, and stiletto heels adorned every cover. True Crime Detective Magazines follows the evolution and devolution of this distinctly American genre from 1924 to 1969. Hundreds of covers and interior images from dozens of magazine titles tell the story, not just of the “detectives,” but also of America’s attitudes towards sex, sin,

• Publisher: Taschen
• Year: 1924
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good

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