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Jack the ripper : letters from hell

The name Jack the Ripper is instantly recognised throughout the world, yet many people are unaware that the famous nickname first appeared in a letter or that this was where the whole legend of Jack the Ripper really began. This title poses a controversial question: was Jack the Ripper merely a press invention?
eBook, English, 2013
The History Press, New York, 2013
Case studies
1 online resource (572 pages)
9780750953818, 0750953810
856868995
Cover; Title; Dedication; Acknowledgements; Contents; Foreword; Introduction; Part One; One 'Fifteen more and I Give Myself up . . .'; Two 'Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper'; Three 'The Writing on the Wall'; Four 'Ripperism'; Five The 'Enterprising' London Journalists; Six A Letter 'from Hell'; Seven 'Most Unwomanly . . .'; Eight 'I will Rip a few more'; Nine 'I'm Still Knocking about Down Whitechapel'; Ten 'Good Bye Old Fellow Til I Return'; Eleven 'They Summoned the Spirit'; Twelve The City Letters; Thirteen The Alienist; Fourteen A View from Fleet Street; Fifteen The Mysteries of McCormick. Sixteen 'A secret Diary of Dr. Thomas DuttonSeventeen 'I'm Jack'; Eighteen Suspects; Part Two; The Letters; Bibliography; Copyright