The Best American Crime Writing 2006 (Best American Crime Writing)
330 pages2006Harper PerennialISBN 9780060815523
About this book
<p> A sterling collection of the year's most shocking, compelling, and gripping writing about real-life crime, the 2006 edition of <i>The Best American Crime Writing</i> offers fascinating vicarious journeys into a world of felons and their felonious acts. This thrilling compendium includes: </p> <ul> <li><p>Jeffrey Toobin's eye-opening exposé in <i>The New Yorker</i> about a famous prosecutor who may have put the wrong man on death row</p></li> <li><p>Skip Hollandsworth's amazing but true tale of an old cowboy bank robber who turned out to be a "classic good-hearted Texas woman"</p></li> <li><p>Jimmy Breslin's stellar piece about the end of the Mob as we know it</p></li> </ul>
Publication Details
- Publisher
- Harper Perennial
- Published
- 2006
- Pages
- 330
- ISBN
- 9780060815523
- Language
- en
About Unknown Author
Mark Robert Bowden (born July 17, 1951) is an American writer and author. He has been The Distinguished Writer in Residence at The University of Delaware since 2013. He is a contributing editor at Vanity Fair and also a National Correspondent for The Atlantic. From 1979 to 2003, Bowden was a staff writer for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Over the years, he has written for The New Yorker, Men's Journal, The Atlantic, Sports Illustrated, and Rolling Stone. He has won several awards for his writing. As a result of his book *Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War*, Bowden has received international recognition. The book was made into a 2001 movie directed by Ridley Scott. - Wikipedia
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