True Stories of Crime from the District Attorney's Office [Hardcover]

Arthur Train (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 2005 | ISBN-10: 141424245X | ISBN-13: 978-1414242453

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9 and up
  
• Hardcover: 184 pages
• Publisher: IndyPublish.com (February 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 141424245X
• ISBN-13: 978-1414242453
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,889,900 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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42 of 42 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing how timeless are these stories, March 7, 2009

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Laser Scientist "Dan" (Kentucky) - See all my reviews

This review is from: True Stories of Crime from the District Attorney's Office (Paperback)

I will start by saying that this book was actually written in 1908. It is a collection of stories of true crime about various cases that went through the New York District Attorney's office while the author was an Assistant D.A. Arthur Train is masterful at telling these stories in a way that is as germane today as it was when he wrote the book over 100 years ago. Aside from an occasional phrase (e.g. "...Jesse started on a toilsome stage journey to Brownsville...") that betrays the era, one could believe that he or she is reading about events that occurred just yesterday. I found it an amazing and fascinating testament to the constancy of the human psyche.

All that being said, buyers should be aware the entire text of this book is freely available at either Project Gutenberg or on Google Books. Since the copyright has already expired, it is in the public domain. If you want the print version to carry with you, you may decide it worthwhile to buy the hardcopy. However, I was perfectly happy downloading the text and reading it as an ebook on my cell phone.

24 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The negative review is not of our book, January 13, 2011

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Lynne Klosterman (Punta Gorda, FL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: True Stories of Crime: From the District Attorney's Office (Carefully formatted by Timeless Classic Books) (Kindle Edition)

We are the publishers of this book. Please note that the negative comments about this book do not refer to our version.

I don't know why Amazon posts negative comments of other publishers' books who were not careful about their product, but we take good care to present the reader with the nicest book we can.

14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Tedious!, May 29, 2011

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Sueall - See all my reviews

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This review is from: True Stories of Crime from the D.A.'s Office (Kindle Edition)

This. Book. Was. Horrible. Both as to the gilded writing style and the impossibly boring story lines. On the other hand, if you truly enjoy overly-written hundred year-old crime stories, this may be your cup of tea and crumpet. For me, I couldn't delete it fast enough.