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Barcode30053003828996
StatusChecked Out
Home LocationParis-Bourbon
Call No364.152 MANN
Title Black Dahlia : murder, monsters, and madness in midcentury Hollywood / William J. Mann.
Author Mann, William J., author.
CollectionNEW: Adult 300-399
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StatusHome LocationBarcodeCall NoCreated OnIssue NameCirc Status
Checked OutParis-Bourbon30053003828996364.152 MANN2/17/2026 Due on 3/7/2026

Catalog Details

Personal Name Mann, William J., author.
Title Statement Black Dahlia : murder, monsters, and madness in midcentury Hollywood / William J. Mann.
Edition Statement First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice New York : Simon & Schuster, 2026.
Physical Description 444 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Content Type still image sti rdacontent
Content Type text txt rdacontent
Media Type unmediated n rdamedia
Carrier Type volume rdacarrier
Bibliography, Etc. Note Includes bibliographical references.
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 reexamine 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.
Subject-Personal Name Short, Elizabeth, 1924-1947.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Murder Case studies. California Los Angeles
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Cold cases (Criminal investigation) California Los Angeles.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Blaming the victim Case studies.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Murder Case studies. Investigation California Los Angeles
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Women Social conditions History 20th century. United States
Index Term-Genre/Form Case studies. lcgft
Index Term-Genre/Form True crime stories. lcgft
Index Term-Genre/Form Biographies. lcgft

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