{"product_id":"the-savage-city-paperback","title":"The Savage City - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eT. J. English\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"T.J. English has the mastered the hybrid narrative art form of social history and underworld thriller. \u003cem\u003eThe Savage City\u003c\/em\u003e is a truly gripping read filled with unexpected twists and turns.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Douglas Brinkley, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Great Deluge\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eThe Savage City\u003c\/em\u003e, T.J. English, author of the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling blockbuster \u003cem\u003eHavana Nocturne\u003c\/em\u003e, takes readers back to a frightening place in a dark time of violence and urban chaos: New York City in the 1960s and early '70s. As he did in his acclaimed true crime masterwork, \u003cem\u003eThe Westies\u003c\/em\u003e, English focuses on the rot on the Big Apple in this stunning tale of race, murder, and a generation on the edge--as he interweaves the real-life sagas of a corrupt cop, a militant Black Panther, and an innocent young African American man framed by the NYPD for a series of crimes, including a brutal and sensational double murder.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA finalist for the Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn August 28, 1963--the day Martin Luther King Jr. declared I have a dream on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial--two young white women were murdered in their Manhattan apartment. The so-called Career Girls Murders case sent ripples of fear throughout the city as police scrambled to find the killer. But it also marked the start of a ten-year saga of fear, racial violence, and turmoil in the city--as events progressed from the Harlem riots of the mid-1960s to the Panther Twenty-one trials and police corruption hearings of the early 1970s. \u003cem\u003eThe Savage City\u003c\/em\u003e explores this traumatic decade through the stories of three very different men: George Whitmore Jr., an innocent black teenager coerced into confessing to murder; Bill Phillips, a brazenly crooked officer whose public testimony sparked the largest scandal in NYPD history; and Dhoruba Bin Wahad, a founding member of New York's Black Panther Party, caught in the crossfire as the conflict between the Panthers and the police escalated into open warfare.\u003c\/p\u003e--\u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA finalist for the Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn August 28, 1963--the day Martin Luther King Jr. declared \"I have a dream\" on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial--two young white women were murdered in their Manhattan apartment. The so-called Career Girls Murders case sent ripples of fear throughout the city as police scrambled to find the killer. But it also marked the start of a ten-year saga of fear, racial violence, and turmoil in the city--as events progressed from the Harlem riots of the mid-1960s to the Panther Twenty-one trials and police corruption hearings of the early 1970s. \u003cem\u003eThe Savage City\u003c\/em\u003e explores this traumatic decade through the stories of three very different men: George Whitmore Jr., an innocent black teenager coerced into confessing to murder; Bill Phillips, a brazenly crooked officer whose public testimony sparked the largest scandal in NYPD history; and Dhoruba Bin Wahad, a founding member of New York's Black Panther Party, caught in the crossfire as the conflict between the Panthers and the police escalated into open warfare.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 528\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.97 x 9 x 6.04 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 09, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51762964037920,"sku":"9780061824586","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/24fb710850c3ba9f34128e057871957a.webp?v=1780227226","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-savage-city-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}