| ISBN |
9780316506861 (Hardcover) |
| 0316506869 |
| Classification Number |
364.152 DAW |
| Author |
Dawson, Kate Winkler |
| Title |
Death in the air : the true story of a serial killer, the great London smog, and the strangling of a city [BK] |
| Edition |
First edition. |
| Physical Description |
illustrations, maps ; |
| Contents |
Prologue -- Pressure -- Blackout -- Restrained -- Trapped -- Bodies in the mist -- Postmortem -- Smothered -- Hearth and home -- Squeezed -- Buried -- Illumination -- Infamous -- Legacy -- Epilogue. |
| In winter 1952, London automobiles and thousands of coal-burning hearths belched particulate matter into the air. But the smog that descended on December 5th of 1952 was different; it was a type that held the city hostage for five long days. Mass transit ground to a halt, criminals roamed the streets, and 12,000 people died. That same month, there was another killer at large in London: John Reginald Christie, who murdered at least six women. In a braided narrative that draws on extensive interviews, never-before-published material, and archival research, Dawson captivatingly recounts the intersecting stories of the these two killers and their longstanding impact on modern history. |
| Christie, Reginald |
| Christie, Reginald |
| Subject |
Ecology |
| Serial murderers |
| Smog |
| Social conditions |
| HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain |
| HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century. |
| TRUE CRIME / Murder / Serial Killers. |
| Serial murderers -- England -- London -- Case studies |
| Serial killers |
| Modern history -- 20th century |
| Modern history |
| Homicide |
| Smog -- England -- London -- History -- 20th century |
| Serial murderers -- England -- London -- Case studies |
| Smog -- England -- London -- History -- 20th century |
| England -- London |
| Great Britain -- History |
| London (England) -- Social conditions -- 20th century |
| London (England) -- Environmental conditions -- 20th century |
