This lively book takes a loving look at the Canadian true crime pulps of the World War II era — their bold, brassy covers, spicy advertisements, and stories of murder, robbery, sex, and violence. With vivid archival images of both magazine covers and ads, True Crime, True North examines the themes that characterized the genre in Canada: the unquestioned adherence to retributive justice, the unwavering faith in lawmen, and the enduring affection for Royal Canadian Mounted Police. The authors also trace pulp writers' preoccupation with jealousy and betrayal, the deadly consequences of greed, and the growing menace of "sex fiends."
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THEIR COVERS ARE BOLD AND BRASSY, their advertisements are spicy and their stories are filled with violence and death. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Philip Godsell, British Columbia, True North, Barbara Smith, Dorothy Hammond, Ruth Taylor, Second World War, True Police Cases, Albert Johnson, Chester Johnson, Corporal Brainard, Edwin Pearse, Emperor Pic, New York, Trailing Toronto's Love Slayer, Dare Devil Detective, Florence Lassandro, North American, Rufus Pitre, Will Straw Collection New!
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THEIR COVERS ARE BOLD AND BRASSY, their advertisements are spicy and their stories are filled with violence and death. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
true crime pulps, true crime magazines, true crime writers, true crime stories, pulp writers, true crime story Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Philip Godsell, British Columbia, True North, Barbara Smith, Dorothy Hammond, Ruth Taylor, Second World War, True Police Cases, Albert Johnson, Chester Johnson, Corporal Brainard, Edwin Pearse, Emperor Pic, New York, Trailing Toronto's Love Slayer, Dare Devil Detective, Florence Lassandro, North American, Rufus Pitre, Will Straw Collection New!
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- Popular Culture: Past and Present by Tony Bennett in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Criminal Sentences by Steve Haste in Back Matter
- The Mounted Police by R. C. MacLeod in Back Matter
- The Lust to Kill: Feminist Investigation of Sexual Murder by Deborah Cameron in Back Matter
- Criminological Theory: An Analysis of its Underlying Assumptions by Werner J. Einstadter in Back Matter
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