| Description |
95 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm. |
| Summary |
This is not a standard retelling of the story of the Whitechapel Murders but the tale of historically important photographs connected to the case, discovered by the author in 2007. Half of the book deals with The Whitby Collection, a surviving series of 27 images taken by the amateur criminologist John Gordon Whitby in 1961. They show many of the murder locations and related streets as they looked at that time. The second half of the book deals with an image that some have described as the most important photographic discovery in the Jack the Ripper case for quarter of a century. Before the discovery of this unique image, no photographic image was known to exist of the murder location of supposed Ripper victim Elizabeth Stride. The book discusses in detail the vast amount of research that has been undertaken to authenticate and date the image and, with frequent reference to the photo album it came from, tries to close in on identifying the photographer. |
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Jack, the Ripper.
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Serial murders -- England -- London -- History -- 19th century.
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Whitechapel (London, England) -- History -- 19th century -- Pictorial works.
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Whitechapel (London, England) -- History -- 20th century -- Pictorial works.
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Whitby, John Gordon, 1911-1977.
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| ISBN |
9781848687844 |
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1848687842 |
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