The Terrible Axe-Man of New Orleans
Graphic Novel - 2010 Adult Graphic Novel / Geary, Rick 1 On Shelf No requests on this item
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Call Number: Adult Graphic Novel / Geary, Rick
On Shelf At: Downtown Library
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"NIghts of terror! A city awash in blood!"
COMMUNITY REVIEWS
ok submitted by Ele Z. on August 1, 2011, 7:37pm ok
Super-dry, but brings an interesting bit of true-crime history to light.
submitted by eknapp on February 20, 2013, 11:12am
A graphic novel account of a serial killer who plagued New Orleans in 1918 and 1919. He would chisel out a back door panel in the middle of the night before assaulting the occupants with their own axes or hatchets. Italian grocers seemed to be his preferred targets.
Really short, and really dry. It almost reads like a legal document. The black and white ink illustrations add to this effect.
There is a brief but delightful history of the city of New Orleans at the beginning. Worth reading just for that.
SERIES
A treasury of XXth century murder.
PUBLISHED
New York : NBM, c2010.
Year Published: 2010
Description: 1 v. (unpaged) : chiefly ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Language: English
Format: Graphic Novel
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781561635818 (hbk.)
1561635812 (hbk.)
9781561635894 (Junior Library Guild ed.)
1561635898 (Junior Library Guild ed.)
SUBJECTS
Serial murders -- New Orleans -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Serial murder investigation -- New Orleans -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Grocers -- Crimes against -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Graphic novels.