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Devil's garden

Author: Ace Atkins
Publisher: New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, [2009] ©2009
Edition/Format:  Print book : Fiction : EnglishView all editions and formats
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In this noir crime classic about one of the most notorious trials in American history--the 1921 manslaughter case against silent-screen comedy star Roscoe Fatty Arbuckle--Dashiell Hammett ivestigates what really happened at Arbuckle's San Francisco party and discovers a truth that will change American legal history--and his own life forever.
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Genre/Form: Detective and mystery fiction
Detective and mystery stories
Noir fiction
Biographical fiction
Fiction
Named Person: Roscoe Arbuckle; Virginia Rappe; Dashiell Hammett; Roscoe Arbuckle; Dashiell Hammett; Virginia Rappe; Roscoe Arbuckle; Virginia Rappe; Dashiell Hammett
Material Type: Fiction
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Ace Atkins
ISBN: 9780399155369 0399155368 9780425232668 0425232662
OCLC Number: 233548970
Notes: Map on endpapers.
Description: 354 pages : color map ; 24 cm
Responsibility: Ace Atkins.
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In this noir crime classic about one of the most notorious trials in American history--the 1921 manslaughter case against silent-screen comedy star Roscoe Fatty Arbuckle--Dashiell Hammett ivestigates what really happened at Arbuckle's San Francisco party and discovers a truth that will change American legal history--and his own life forever.

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# Trials (Murder)--California<\/span>\n\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\nschema:about<\/a> <http:\/\/experiment.worldcat.org\/entity\/work\/data\/1153000490#Person\/rappe_virginia_1895_1921<\/a>> ; # Virginia Rappe<\/span>\n\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\nschema:about<\/a> <http:\/\/viaf.org\/viaf\/24078124<\/a>> ; # Virginia Rappe<\/span>\n\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\nschema:about<\/a> <http:\/\/experiment.worldcat.org\/entity\/work\/data\/1153000490#Topic\/private_investigators<\/a>> ; # Private investigators<\/span>\n\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\nschema:about<\/a> <http:\/\/experiment.worldcat.org\/entity\/work\/data\/1153000490#Place\/california_san_francisco<\/a>> ; # California--San Francisco.<\/span>\n\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\nschema:about<\/a> <http:\/\/experiment.worldcat.org\/entity\/work\/data\/1153000490#Topic\/mystery_fiction<\/a>> ; # Mystery fiction<\/span>\n\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\nschema:about<\/a> <http:\/\/experiment.worldcat.org\/entity\/work\/data\/1153000490#Place\/california<\/a>> ; # California.<\/span>\n\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\nschema:about<\/a> <http:\/\/viaf.org\/viaf\/73854531<\/a>> ; 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<http:\/\/experiment.worldcat.org\/entity\/work\/data\/1153000490#Person\/rappe_virginia_1895_1921<\/a>> # Virginia Rappe<\/span>\n\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0a \nschema:Person<\/a> ;\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\nschema:birthDate<\/a> \"1895<\/span>\" ;\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\nschema:deathDate<\/a> \"1921<\/span>\" ;\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\nschema:familyName<\/a> \"Rappe<\/span>\" ;\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\nschema:givenName<\/a> \"Virginia<\/span>\" ;\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\nschema:name<\/a> \"Virginia Rappe<\/span>\" ;\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0.\n\n\n<\/div>\n
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<http:\/\/experiment.worldcat.org\/entity\/work\/data\/1153000490#Place\/california_san_francisco<\/a>> # California--San Francisco.<\/span>\n\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0a \nschema:Place<\/a> ;\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\nschema:name<\/a> \"California--San Francisco.<\/span>\" ;\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0.\n\n\n<\/div>\n
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<http:\/\/experiment.worldcat.org\/entity\/work\/data\/1153000490#Topic\/actors<\/a>> # Actors<\/span>\n\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0a \nschema:Intangible<\/a> ;\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\nschema:name<\/a> \"Actors<\/span>\"@en<\/a> ;\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0.\n\n\n<\/div>\n
<http:\/\/experiment.worldcat.org\/entity\/work\/data\/1153000490#Topic\/motion_picture_actors_and_actresses<\/a>> # Motion picture actors and actresses<\/span>\n\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0a \nschema:Intangible<\/a> ;\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\nrdfs:seeAlso<\/a> <http:\/\/id.loc.gov\/authorities\/subjects\/sh2008107252<\/a>> ;\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\nschema:name<\/a> \"Motion picture actors and actresses<\/span>\"@en<\/a> ;\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0.\n\n\n<\/div>\n
<http:\/\/experiment.worldcat.org\/entity\/work\/data\/1153000490#Topic\/mystery_fiction<\/a>> # Mystery fiction<\/span>\n\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0a \nschema:Intangible<\/a> ;\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\nschema:name<\/a> \"Mystery fiction<\/span>\"@en<\/a> ;\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0.\n\n\n<\/div>\n
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<http:\/\/id.loc.gov\/authorities\/subjects\/sh86004698<\/a>> # Trials (Murder)--California<\/span>\n\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0a \nschema:Intangible<\/a> ;\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\nschema:name<\/a> \"Trials (Murder)--California<\/span>\"@en<\/a> ;\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0.\n\n\n<\/div>\n
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<http:\/\/viaf.org\/viaf\/24078124<\/a>> # Virginia Rappe<\/span>\n\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0a \nschema:Person<\/a> ;\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\nschema:birthDate<\/a> \"1895<\/span>\" ;\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\nschema:deathDate<\/a> \"1921<\/span>\" ;\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\nschema:familyName<\/a> \"Rappe<\/span>\" ;\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\nschema:givenName<\/a> \"Virginia<\/span>\" ;\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\nschema:name<\/a> \"Virginia Rappe<\/span>\" ;\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0.\n\n\n<\/div>\n
<http:\/\/viaf.org\/viaf\/71497528<\/a>> # Roscoe Arbuckle<\/span>\n\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0a \nschema:Person<\/a> ;\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\nschema:birthDate<\/a> \"1887<\/span>\" ;\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\nschema:deathDate<\/a> \"1933<\/span>\" ;\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\nschema:familyName<\/a> \"Arbuckle<\/span>\" ;\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\nschema:givenName<\/a> \"Roscoe<\/span>\" ;\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\nschema:name<\/a> \"Roscoe Arbuckle<\/span>\" ;\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0.\n\n\n<\/div>\n
<http:\/\/viaf.org\/viaf\/73854531<\/a>> # Dashiell Hammett<\/span>\n\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0a \nschema:Person<\/a> ;\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\nschema:birthDate<\/a> \"1894<\/span>\" ;\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\nschema:deathDate<\/a> \"1961<\/span>\" ;\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\nschema:familyName<\/a> \"Hammett<\/span>\" ;\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\nschema:givenName<\/a> \"Dashiell<\/span>\" ;\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\nschema:name<\/a> \"Dashiell Hammett<\/span>\" ;\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0.\n\n\n<\/div>\n
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