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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 364.15230979461
EAN: 9780895263247
ISBN: 0895263246
Label: Regnery Publishing, Inc.
Manufacturer: Regnery Publishing, Inc.
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 300
Publication Date: June 25, 1999
Publisher: Regnery Publishing, Inc.
Sales Rank: 592292
Studio: Regnery Publishing, Inc.
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Product Description:
The year is 1896: The Jack the Ripper murders stop as mysteriously as they started. Five years later, in a San Francisco church, brutally murdered priests, choirboys,and parishioners begin to appear. The pastor, an English priest, bears an uncanny resemblance to the one eyewitness report of the sole survivor of a Jack the Ripper attack in London years earlier. But another man has already been arrested, tried, and convicted for the San Francisco slayings....
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Rating:  -
I am a Jack the Ripper buff, and that is why I got this from the library, but I found it more interesting if I didn't think about the Jack the Ripper subplot. It is written well, and an interesting case. If you're only interested in Jack the Ripper, go elsewhere. But if you're interested in William Hearst, San Francisco in the early 20th century and well-written "true"-crime, this is a great example.
Rating:  -
I really enjoyed the book, but the title was very misleading. If the Jack the Ripper subtext had been left out, I would have enjoyed this book far more. I'm from northern California and so a lot of the locales in the book were familiar. As a well versed Ripper reader, I was rather unimpressed with Graysmith's conclusions. I also have a copy of Zodiac sitting on my book shelf, so I know that Graysmith is quite capable of both good writing and good investigative skill. Perhaps the editor should've ... Read More
Rating:  -
This book is basically about the "Bell Tower Murders." They aren't really interesting crimes, although the story of the innocent suspect who was convicted and hanged is. Another suspect happens to be a minister from England with ties to Whitechapel, his first name is John, and he is called Jack. This is pretty much Graysmith's basis for "solving" the Ripper's identity. I expected better from Graysmith.
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I have read many books dealing with the Jack the Ripper murders; however, I believe that this book does not solve the mystery. Granted, the theory that Pastor John George Gibson (who liked to be called "Pastor Jack") was the Ripper proved to be interesting. Who knows, maybe his roommate in England, Reverend Jesse Gibson , did assist him in committing the murders; but, there is just not enough evidence to prove this. The author is way too optimistic in his claim that the mystery is solved.
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"The case of Jack the Ripper finally solved in San Francisco",is a false statement that brings disappointed to any one that knows anything about Jack the Ripper. Mr.Graysmith brings upon an absurd connection between the Ripper murders which took place five years earlier in England and the Emmanuel Baptist Church murders which happened in America. Just because the description given about Jack the Ripper matched John "Jack" Gibson, Mr.Graysmith draws his own conclusion that shows lack of research. There was never ... Read More
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