The fox and the flies
Subtitle: the secret life of a grotesque master criminal
By: Charles van Onselen
Edition: 1st U.S. ed.
Publisher: Walker & Co.
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 646
ISBN-13: 9780802716415
Subjects: Serial murderers; Serial murders; Jewish criminals; Sex crimes; Biography; History
Description: Reconstructs the life and crimes of nineteenth-century criminal Joseph Silver, detailing his diverse careers as a burglar, gun runner, jewel thief, and trafficker in prostitution and female slavery, and presents evidence that he was responsible for the murders attributed to Jack the Ripper.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [608]-627) and index.
Table of contents: title: Lis family tree; title: Kielce, 1868-1884; title: London, 1885-1889; title: New York City, 1889-1891; title: New York City, 1891-1893; title: Pittsburgh, 1893-1894; title: New York City, 1895; title: London, 1895-1898; title: Johannesburg, 1898; title: Johannesburg, 1899; title: Kimberley, 1900; title: Cape Town, 1901-1902; title: Kimberley-Bloemfontein, 1902; title: Bloemfontein, 1903; title: Cape Town, 1903-1904; title: Cape Town, 1904-1905; title: Swakopmund, 1905; title: Windhoek, 1905-1906; title: Neumünster and Paris, 1908-1909; title: Antwerp, Brussels, Liège and Aachen, 1909-1910; title: Buenos Aires, 1910; title: Santiago-Valparaiso, 1910-1912; title: Valparaiso-Santiago, 1913; title: London, New York and Rio de Janeiro, 1914-1916; title: Jaroslaw, 1917-1918; title: Silver's secrets: Whitechapel, 1888; title: Appendix: Clio and the fox: the hunt for Joseph Silver and his hidden pasts.