Bill James discusses Popular Crime: Reflections on the Celebration of Violence

EVENT:  Bill James appears to discuss his new book Popular Crime: Reflections on the Celebration of Violence.

AUTHOR:  Bill James made his mark in the 1970s and 1980s with his Baseball Abstracts.  He has been tearing down preconceived notions about America's national pastime ever since.  He is currently the Senior Advisor on Baseball Operations for the Boston Red Sox.  James lives in Lawrence, Kansas, with his wife, Susan McCarthy, and three children.

DATE & TIME:  Wednesday, May 4, 2011, at 6:30 PM

LOCATION:  Kansas City Public Library, Plaza Branch, Truman Forum, 4801 Main Street, Kansas City, Missouri 64112

ADMISSION:  This Event is Open to the Public, however Reservations are required to attend.  Call The Kansas City Public Library at 816-701-3407 to make your Reservations.  Seating is limited. Bill James will sign Books purchased from Rainy Day Books before or at this Event.

EVENT FORMAT:  Bill James will discuss his Book and career, followed by a question and answer session with the audience.  A Booksigning will follow the Program.  Bill James will sign Books purchased from Rainy Day Books before or at this Event.

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Book List

Popular Crime: Reflections on the Celebration of Violence (Hardcover)

By Bill James

$30.00

ISBN-13: 9781416552734
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Scribner, 5/2011

Other Editions of this Title

"The man who revolutionized the way we think about baseball now examines our cultural obsession with murder--delivering a unique, engrossing, brilliant history of tabloid crime in America. "

Celebrated writer and contrarian Bill James has voraciously read true crime throughout his life and has been interested in writing a book on the topic for decades. Now, with "Popular Crime, "James takes readers on an epic journey from Lizzie Borden to the Lindbergh baby, from the Black Dahlia to O. J. Simpson, explaining how crimes have been committed, investigated, prosecuted and written about, and how that has profoundly influenced our culture over the last few centuries-- even if we haven't always taken notice.

Exploring such phenomena as serial murder, the fluctuation of crime rates, the value of evidence, radicalism and crime, prison reform and the hidden ways in which crimes have shaped, or reflected, our society, James chronicles murder and misdeeds from the 1600s to the present day. James pays particular attention to crimes that were sensations during their time but have faded into obscurity, as well as still-famous cases, some that have never been solved, including the Lindbergh kidnapping, the Boston Strangler and JonBenet Ramsey. Satisfyingly sprawling and tremendously entertaining, "Popular Crime "is a professed amateur's powerful examination of the incredible impact crime stories have on our society, culture and history.

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