Death Ride at Euclid Beach: And Other True Tales of Crime & Disaster from Cleveland's Past Contributor(s): Bellamy, John (Author) |
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ISBN: 188622885X ISBN-13: 9781886228856 Publisher: Gray & Company Publishers OUR PRICE: $15.26 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 2004 Annotation: Cleveland's crime and disaster expert is back yet again, with more true tales of woe from local history. This fifth book in John Stark Bellamy's popular series (which includes THEY DIED CRAWLING and THE KILLER IN THE ATTIC) delivers 26 new accounts of Cleveland-area crimes and disasters from 1900 through 1950, including the title story about a death on the "Thriller" roller coaster at Euclid Beach Park. Also included is a particularly odd local legend: "The Boy with Hitler's Face." Sometimes gruesome, often surprising, always entertaining. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - True Crime | Historical - True Crime | Murder - General - History | United States - State & Local - Midwest(ia,il,in,ks,mi,mn,mo,nd,ne,oh,sd,wi |
Dewey: 364.109 |
LCCN: 2004001555 |
Series: Cleveland of Yesteryear |
Physical Information: 0.59" H x 5.56" W x 8.6" (0.72 lbs) 245 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Midwest - Geographic Orientation - Ohio - Locality - Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria, Ohio |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: "Has more than its fair share of violence, sex, debauchery and reversals of fortune ... But what emerges between the lines are stories of human suffering, stories of class struggle, stories that speak as much to the criminal mind as to the crime itself." -- Sun Newspapers More true tales of woe from Cleveland's crime and disaster expert. The fifth book in John Stark Bellamy's popular series delivers 26 accounts of Cleveland-area crimes and disasters from 1900 through 1950, including:
And 20 more local true stories of courage, fear, deception, treachery, tragedy, violence, and guilt. Sometimes gruesome, often surprising, Bellamy's tales are meticulously researched and delivered in a literate and entertaining style. |
Contributor Bio(s): Bellamy, John: - John Stark Bellamy II is the author of six books and two anthologies about Cleveland crime and disaster. The former history specialist for the Cuyahoga County Public Library, he comes by his taste for the sensational honestly, having grown up reading stories about Cleveland crime and disaster written by his grandfather, Paul, who was editor of the Plain Dealer, and his father, Peter, who wrote for the Cleveland News and the Plain Dealer. |