TRUE CRIME COLLECTION: Real-Life Tales from the District Attorney's Office in New York City (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Mayhem, Corruption, Forgery, Murders and Other Crimes in New York City at the Beginning of 20th CenturyBy Arthur Cheney Train
Length8h 37m
About this audiobook
TRUE CRIME COLLECTION: Real-Life Tales from the District Attorney's Office in New York City gathers Arthur Cheney Train's incisive accounts of criminal investigation, prosecution, and urban vice in the early twentieth-century metropolis. Written with the narrative momentum of courtroom drama and the documentary texture of legal case history, these pieces stand at the intersection of muckraking journalism, detective literature, and Progressive Era social observation. Train's prose is brisk, skeptical, and attentive to procedure, revealing how evidence, temperament, class, and public opinion shaped justice in New York. Train was unusually equipped to write such material. Educated at Harvard and trained in the law, he served as an assistant district attorney in New York County, where he encountered the frauds, homicides, conspiracies, and moral ambiguities that animate these narratives. His later fame as the creator of the fictional lawyer Ephraim Tutt grew directly from this professional intimacy with courts and criminals, and his nonfiction retains the authority of firsthand experience. This collection is recommended for readers interested in true crime before the genre's modern conventions hardened. It will especially reward students of legal history, urban studies, and crime writing who want a vivid, intelligent portrait of justice as practiced in America's most theatrical city.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- A comprehensive Introduction outlines these selected works' unifying features, themes, or stylistic evolutions.
- A Historical Context section situates the works in their broader era—social currents, cultural trends, and key events that underpin their creation.
- A concise Synopsis (Selection) offers an accessible overview of the included texts, helping readers navigate plotlines and main ideas without revealing critical twists.
- A unified Analysis examines recurring motifs and stylistic hallmarks across the collection, tying the stories together while spotlighting the different work's strengths.
- Reflection questions inspire deeper contemplation of the author's overarching message, inviting readers to draw connections among different texts and relate them to modern contexts.
- Lastly, our hand‐picked Memorable Quotes distill pivotal lines and turning points, serving as touchstones for the collection's central themes.
Audiobook details
Rating★★★★ 3.6 (49)
Includes Goodreads, Amazon
GenreTrue Crime
Length8 hrs 37 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateSep 16, 2016
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1TRUE CRIME COLLECTION: Real-Life Tales from the District Attorney's Office in New York City (Annotated)
11A Study in Finance
2Introduction
12The "Duc De Nevers"
3Historical Context
13A Finder of Missing Heirs
4Synopsis (Selection)
14A Murder Conspiracy
5TRUE CRIME COLLECTION: Real-Life Tales from the District Attorney's Office in New York City
15A Flight into Texas
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6The Woman in the Case
16A Case of Circumstantial Evidence
7Five Hundred Million Dollars
17Analysis
8The Lost Stradivarius
18Reflection
9The Last of the Wire-Tappers
19Memorable Quotes
10The Franklin Syndicate
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