True stories books

It was the event that shook America. March 27, 1997 - 39 bodies - all with shaved heads and black androgynous...  Read More >>

UNDERDOG is the memoir of one of the youngest passengers on the MS St. Louis, escaping Nazi Germany to Holland and...  Read More >>

The fascinating true story of Viola MacMillan and the scandal that transformed the Toronto Stock Exchange Viola...  Read More >>

In December 1977, David Holden, chief foreign correspondent for the Sunday Times, arrived at Cairo Airport to...  Read More >>

Featuring undisclosed details on some of the biggest cases Brunt has covered, from the 'Diamond Wheezers' to Fred...  Read More >>

""Ten Days in a Mad-House: or, Nellie Bly's Experience on Blackwell's Island"" is a harrowing work of investigative...  Read More >>

Step back in time to 19th-century London with John Wight's ""Mornings at Bow Street: A Selection of the Most Humorous...  Read More >>

""Facing the Chair: Story of the Americanization of Two Foreignborn Workmen"" by John Dos Passos delves into the...  Read More >>

Delve into the thrilling world of 18th-century piracy with ""The History of the Pyrates, Vol. 2,"" a gripping account...  Read More >>

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and...  Read More >>

""Robber and Hero: The Story of the Raid on the First National Bank of Northfield, Minnesota, by the James-Younger...  Read More >>

Delve into the dark history of crime and punishment in Victorian England with Arthur George Frederick Griffiths'...  Read More >>

Delve into the tumultuous life of James Copeland, the infamous ""great Southern Land pirate,"" in this gripping...  Read More >>

""Twenty Years' Recollections of an Irish Police Magistrate"" offers a compelling firsthand account of crime and...  Read More >>

""The Great Harry Thaw Case, or, A Woman's Sacrifice"" recounts one of the most sensational true crime stories in...  Read More >>

""Toronto by Gaslight: The Night Hawks of a Great City, As Seen By the Reporters of The Toronto News"" offers a...  Read More >>

""Tragedy in Dedham: The Story of the Sacco-Vanzetti Case,"" by Francis Russell, meticulously recounts one of the...  Read More >>

Delve into one of the most debated events in American history with ""Warren Commission Hearings Before the President's...  Read More >>

""Criminal Types"" by V. M. Masten offers a compelling exploration into the minds and motivations of criminals in...  Read More >>

Mississippi Outlaws and the Detectives from Allan Pinkerton. Scottish american detective and spy (1819-1894).  Read More >>

Unravel the mysteries of one of history's most infamous conspiracies in ""Gunpowder Plot and Lord Mounteagle's Letter""...  Read More >>

""The Outlaws of Cave-in-Rock: Historical Accounts of the Famous Highwaymen and River Pirates"" by Otto A. Rothert...  Read More >>

""The Man Behind the Bars"" offers a compelling glimpse into the world of crime and penology. Winifred Louise Taylor's...  Read More >>

[...] A Grave Problem At the termination of the war between the sections, the southern people had thrust upon them...  Read More >>

Delve into a gripping true crime saga with ""The Life, Trial, Confession and Execution of Albert W. Hicks."" This...  Read More >>