Journalist Rebecca Renner recounts the experience of the undercover FWC officer at the center of Operation Alligator Thief with “cinematic” descriptions of South Florida swampland.
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All articles filed in Dean Jobb
Award-winning true crime author Dean Jobb’s new book, A Gentleman and a Thief: The Daring Jewel Heists of a Jazz Age Rogue (Algonquin Books), will be released in June 2024. It’s the story of Arthur Barry, who charmed the elite of 1920s New York while planning some of the most brazen jewel thefts in history. Dean writes a true crime column for Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine and teaches in the MFA in Creative Nonfiction program at the University of King’s College in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Website: deanjobb.com
Twitter: @DeanJobb
Looking for Mr. Nashville: “We Should Soon Become Respectable” Explores the History of One of Tennessee’s Most Complicated Characters
A review of Elizabeth Elkins’ nonfiction book, “We Should Soon Become Respectable: Nashville’s Own Timothy Demonbreun.”
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Facing the Music: The Ballad of North Carolina’s One-man Crime Wave
A review of Trevor McKenzie’s book, “Otto Wood, the Bandit: The Freighthopping Thief, Bootlegger, and Convicted Murderer Behind the Appalachian Ballads.”
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The Rise and Fall of a Southern Hotbed of Vice
In “The Vapors,” David Hill tells the all-but-forgotten story of the Arkansas town that punched far above its weight as one of America’s early playgrounds for the rich and famous – and for millions of others who wanted to hobnob with the one percent.
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“Acadian Driftwood”: A True Story of Loss and Survival Spanning Generations
Tyler LeBlanc’s “Acadian Driftwood” is a true story of loss and survival spanning generations.
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The Journalist Who Helped Solve the Mississippi Burning Murders
“Race Against Time” is the story of reporter Jerry Mitchell’s decades-long search for truth.
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