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Genealogy of a murder : four generations, three families, one fateful night / Lisa Belkin.

Belkin, Lisa, 1960- (author.).

Summary:
The multigenerational tale of three families whose paths collide one summer night in 1960 with the murder of a police officer. Independence Day weekend, 1960: a young cop is murdered, shocking his close-knit community in Stamford, Connecticut. The killer remains at large, his identity still unknown. But on a beach not far away, a young Army doctor, on vacation from his post at a research lab in a maximum-security prison, faces a chilling realization. He knows who the shooter is. In fact, the man―a prisoner out on parole―had called him only days before. By helping his former charge and trainee, the doctor, a believer in second chances, may have inadvertently helped set the murder into motion. And with that one phone call, may have sealed a policeman’s fate. Alvin Tarlov, David Troy, and Joseph DeSalvo were all born of the Great Depression, all with grandparents who’d left different homelands for the same American Dream. How did one become a doctor, one a cop, and one a convict? In Genealogy of a Murder , journalist Lisa Belkin traces the paths of each of these three men―one of them her stepfather. Her canvas is large, spanning the first half of the 20th immigration, the struggles of the working class, prison reform, medical experiments, politics and war, the nature/nurture debate, epigenetics, the infamous Leopold and Loeb case, and the history of motorcycle racing. It is also a look into the workings of the mind and heart.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780393285253
  • ISBN: 0393285251
  • Physical Description: xix, 402 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates, 1 genealogical table : illustrations ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York, NY : W. W. Norton & Company, [2023]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 389-392) and index.
Subject: Police murders > Connecticut > Stamford.
Murder > Connecticut > Stamford.
Troy, David > Death and burial.
Tarlov, Alvin R. (Alvin Richard), 1929-
DeSalvo, Joseph.
Genre: True crime stories.

Available copies

  • 22 of 26 copies available at SPARK Libraries.

Holds

  • 1 current hold with 26 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Abington Community Library 363.209 BELKIN (Text) 50687011836791 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Albright Memorial Library 363.209 BELKIN (Text) 50686016302965 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Altoona Area Public Library 364.1523 BEL (Text) 33240004695964 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Annie Halenbake Ross Library 364.1523 Bel (Text)
Memorial: In Memoriam of Charles M. Flaig
00159534 ADULT Non-Fiction Available -
Bethel Tulpehocken Public Library 364.1523 BEL (Text) 33249025393889 Non-fiction Available -
Carbondale Public Library 363.209 BELKIN (Text) 50688010866169 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Carroll Valley Library 363.2 BELKIN (Text)
Endowment: Joan T. Crapster Named Endowment, 2023
35740635955644 New Nonfiction Available -
Dalton Community Library 363.209 BELKIN (Text) 50689010461084 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Degenstein Community Library NF 364.152 BELKIN (Text) 35031301253400 Adult Non-Fiction Available -
DuBois Public Library 364.152 BELKIN (Text) 61000100098728 Adult NonFiction Available -


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