Books by Robert Graysmith and Complete Book Reviews
Robert Graysmith, Author . Berkley $24.95 (544p) ISBN 978-0-425-18332-8
Rarely have the crimes of a serial murderer captured the imagination and fears of the entire country as did the unsolved "Zodiac" killings in the Bay Area in the 1970s. Close to the investigators and long obsessed with the case, Graysmith...
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Robert Graysmith, Author . Berkley $25.95 (307p) ISBN 978-0-425-23231-6
Graysmith (Zodiac
) mixes film history, true crime, and autobiography with disappointing results in this scattered exploration of the woman behind one of cinema’s most memorable scenes. Though his goal is ostensibly to track down Marli Renfro
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Robert Graysmith, Author Onyx Books $5.99 (496p) ISBN 978-0-451-40255-4
Childhood abuse from parents and bullies alike ostensibly taught California serial killer David Carpenter to vent his adult rage sexually. ``The details of the crimes--and the bumbling police work that apparently allowed more to occur--are carefully
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Robert Graysmith, Author Regnery Publishing $27.95 (300p) ISBN 978-0-89526-324-7
Veteran true-crime author Graysmith (Zodiac, Unabomber, etc.,) weighs in with an ambitious theory linking the Ripper killings with two murders committed in San Francisco in the spring of 1895. Graysmith's Ripper is John George Gibson, a Canadian-born
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Robert Graysmith, Author Dutton Books $19.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-525-24779-1
A California serial killer now awaiting his third trial, David Carpenter endured a miserable childhood with a mother who beat him and a remote father. He stuttered badly and that, along with his status as a teacher's pet, made him the victim of...
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Robert Graysmith, Author Crown Publishing Group (NY) $20 (0p) ISBN 978-0-517-59209-0
After a successful radio career, Bob Crane starred in the popular comedy series Hogan's Heroes from 1965 to 1971. When he failed to launch another series, he toured in plays throughout the Southwest. Unknown to his fans, Crane, who had been raised a
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Robert Graysmith, read by the author. Tantor Media, unabridged, 10 CDs, 12 hrs., $34.99 ISBN 978-1-4526-0925-6
Tom Sawyer wasn’t just a character in two of Mark Twain’s classic novels—he was also a real person and friend of the famous author. In San Francisco in 1863, Twain met Sawyer, who, years earlier, had served as a torch boy for the local volunteer...
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