{"product_id":"eric-godtland-true-crime-detective-magazines-1924-1969-9783822825594","title":"True crime detective magazines, 1924-1969","description":"\u003cp\u003eAt the height of the Jazz Age, when Prohibition was turning ordinary citizens into\n criminals and ordinary criminals into celebrities, America's true crime detective\n magazines were born. \u003ci\u003eTrue Detective\u003c\/i\u003e came first in 1924, and by 1932, when the\n Great Depression had produced colorful outlaws like Machine Gun Kelly, Bonnie\n and Clyde, Babyface Nelson, and John Dillinger, the magazines were so popular\n cops and robbers alike vied to see themselves on the pages. Even FBI boss J. Edgar\n Hoover wrote regularly for what came to be called the \"Dickbooks\", referring to a\n popular slang term for the police. \u003ci\u003eTrue Detective, American Detective, Inside Detective,\n Real Detective, Master Detective, Startling Detective\u003c\/i\u003e and others were at their peak in\n the '30s, with gorgeous painted covers and Jim Thompson covering the crime beat.\n As the decades rolled on, the magazines went through a curious metamorphosis,\n however. When liquor was once more legal, the Depression over and all the flashy\n criminals dead or imprisoned, the \"detectives\" turned to sin to make sales. Sexy bad\n girls in tight sweaters, slit skirts and stiletto heels adorned every cover. Coverlines\n shouted \"I Was a Girl Burglar - For Kicks\", \"Sex Habits of Women Killers,\" \"Bride of\n Sin!,\" \"She Played Me for a Sucker,\" and most succinctly, \"Bad Woman.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taschen Verlag","offers":[{"title":"Used - good","offer_id":53266629525846,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"Used - very good","offer_id":53356452741462,"sku":"9783822825594-V","price":14.49,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0925\/5829\/5382\/files\/product_image_9783822825594_1.jpg?v=1781626260","url":"https:\/\/www.momoxbooks.com\/products\/eric-godtland-true-crime-detective-magazines-1924-1969-9783822825594","provider":"momoxbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}