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Presenting 15 famous cases from Fresno, California, set in the first part of the 20th century, a long-time detective in the sheriff's office introduces key figures such as a bootlegger, an unfortunate local dubbed Alligator Jack, and a perpetrator known as the Fig Garden Fiend. Featuring local landmarks such as Mussel Slough--the setting for Frank Norris's "The Octopus--"and offering additional commentary that compares these sensational past cases to current high-profile criminal cases. A consideration of the changing face of crime, this history reveals a modern upswing in child abuse, multiple murders, and kidnapping cases and highlights the extended nature of the current legal process as compared to the open-and-shut character of the early 1900s.

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• Full title: Murder in the Garden
• Subtitle: Famous Crimes of Early Fresno County
• Author: Scott Morrison
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 176
• EAN: 9780941936996
• ISBN: 0941936996
• ID: 11585343
• Publisher: Craven Street Books
• Weight: 29 g
• Dimensions: 228 × 154 × 11 mm
• Date of publishing: 01. April 2006

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