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Killers
Portraits and short descriptions of over 200 of the most notorious gangsters, serial killers, and murderers of the last 100 years.
160 pages, Hardcover
First published July 30, 2006
About the author
George Grant
176 books226 followersDr. George Grant is an evangelical educator recognized by a Tennessee newspaper “Review Appeal” as the one who “lives and breathes” education.
Grant is known as a reformed scholar and evangelical activist who hopes to promote sound Christian doctrine, seeking honest answers to honest questions, developing true spirituality and experiencing the beauty of human relationships.
He founded Franklin Classical School, located in Franklin, Tennessee and the King’s Meadow Study Center, which seeks to help the modern church to develop a practical cultural expression of a Christian worldview in art, music, literature, politics, social research, community development and education.
Grant has also produced numerous writings of more than 60 works on the topics relating to theology, school curriculum, arts, fiction and politics.
Grant is known as a reformed scholar and evangelical activist who hopes to promote sound Christian doctrine, seeking honest answers to honest questions, developing true spirituality and experiencing the beauty of human relationships.
He founded Franklin Classical School, located in Franklin, Tennessee and the King’s Meadow Study Center, which seeks to help the modern church to develop a practical cultural expression of a Christian worldview in art, music, literature, politics, social research, community development and education.
Grant has also produced numerous writings of more than 60 works on the topics relating to theology, school curriculum, arts, fiction and politics.
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February 9, 2018
This book would make a nice coffee table book, because you can open it to any page and read a bit. The killers are listed alphabetically. There is a photo and a single paragraph about each. Most pages contain two killers.
The best part of the book were the photos. Each photo carefully selected. Even Charles Manson's photo was not one of the common ones. The photo chosen for this book was a photo taken of Charlie's face just as he hears the guilty verdict. The photos were very well chosen.
The other thing I liked about the book was that it didn't deal exclusively with killers from America. There were killers from many countries.
What I felt to be negative things about this book is it's lack of focus. There are serial killers included, but also gangsters, political figures, cowboys and arsonists. For such a short book, I felt that is too broad a topic.
There were people included from many time periods too, which again, for a book of only 160 pages, that's too broad a topic. I think the earliest killer listed was Jesse James.
With only 1 short paragraph per killer, the info is very skimpy, but it was a nice way to get an overview of several killers I had never heard of, especially those of other countries. If you read this book, you will find people who sound intriguing, and you will be looking them up on Wiki, guaranteed.
The best part of the book were the photos. Each photo carefully selected. Even Charles Manson's photo was not one of the common ones. The photo chosen for this book was a photo taken of Charlie's face just as he hears the guilty verdict. The photos were very well chosen.
The other thing I liked about the book was that it didn't deal exclusively with killers from America. There were killers from many countries.
What I felt to be negative things about this book is it's lack of focus. There are serial killers included, but also gangsters, political figures, cowboys and arsonists. For such a short book, I felt that is too broad a topic.
There were people included from many time periods too, which again, for a book of only 160 pages, that's too broad a topic. I think the earliest killer listed was Jesse James.
With only 1 short paragraph per killer, the info is very skimpy, but it was a nice way to get an overview of several killers I had never heard of, especially those of other countries. If you read this book, you will find people who sound intriguing, and you will be looking them up on Wiki, guaranteed.
January 7, 2009
Mostly a picture book with a very breif bio next to each killer. It was odd what facts were kept on and what was edited for space (ie Jeffrey Dahmer'r prison demise was left out completetly while there where a few "as of this printing" updates on much lesser killers. Lots of Mafioso and foriegn types as well. NO effort made to explain or insight or whatever just a quick who's who.
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