| Tender Murderers: Women Who Kill Contributor(s): Robbins, Trina (Author), Collins, Max Allan (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 1573248215 ISBN-13: 9781573248211 Publisher: Conari Press OUR PRICE: $14.36 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2003 Annotation: From murderous moms to Appalachian ax-handlers, this book is a rogue's gallery of fascinating female killers by an acclaimed cartoonist and author. Photos & illustrations throughout. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - True Crime | Murder - General - Biography & Autobiography | Women |
| Dewey: 364.152 |
| LCCN: 2002012254 |
| Physical Information: 0.53" H x 7" W x 7.18" (0.69 lbs) 224 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The did it for love or money...or both Some of them fabled femme fatales of yesteryear. some headliners in yesterday's newspapers. Jean Harris, Ruth Snyder, Kate Bender, Belle Starr, Bonnie Parker, Phoolan Devi, Lizzie Borden, Grace Marks, Valerie Solanas, Amy Fisher and more true life who, where, why, when, and howdunnits. Bandit queens, gun molls, mothers, and widows (often selfmade) this array of reallife women who murdered makes for fascinating reading. Thoroughly researched, with archival photos and illustrations. |
Contributor Bio(s): Collins, Max Allan: - Max Allen Collins is the author of Road to Perdition Robbins, Trina: -Trina Robbins has been called Bad by the best of them. More polite people simply refer to her as "outspoken." The author of several books, including From Girls to Grrlz, Tomorrow's Heirlooms, and The Great Women Superheroes, she has been a pagan since 1977. She admittedly can't live without cats, and she considers herself the oldest grrrl in San Francisco. |