Books by Simon Baatz and Complete Book Reviews

Simon Baatz, Author . Harper $25.95 (541p) ISBN 978-0-06-078100-2
In 1924, Nathan Leopold, 19, and Richard Loeb, 18, both intellectually precocious scions of wealthy Jewish Chicago families, kidnapped and brutally murdered 14-year-old Bobby Franks in an attempt to commit the “perfect” crime. Historian...
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Simon Baatz. Mulholland, $29 (400p) ISBN 978-0-316-39665-3
Baatz (For the Thrill of It: Leopold, Loeb, and the Murder That Shocked Jazz Age Chicago) buries the lead in this uneven account of one of the most sensational murders in New York City history, the 1906 murder of architect Stanford White. White was...
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