{"product_id":"true-crime-detective-magazines-english-and-french-and-german-edition","title":"True Crime Detective Magazines (English and French and German Edition)","description":"At the height of the Jazz Age  when Prohibition was turning ordinary citizens into criminals and ordinary criminals into celebrities  Americas true crime detective magazines were born. True Detective came first in 1924  and by 1934  when the Great Depression had produced colorful outlaws like Machine Gun Kelly  Bonnie and Clyde  Baby Face Nelson  and John Dillinger  the magazines were so popular cops and robbers alike vied to see themselves on the pages. Even FBI boss J. Edgar Hoover wrote regularly for what came to be called the Dickbooks  referring to a popular slang term for a detective. As the decades rolled on  the magazines went through a curious metamorphosis  however. When liquor was once more legal  the Depression over and all the flashy criminals dead or imprisoned  the detectives turned to sin to make sales. Sexy bad girls in tight sweaters  slit skirts  and stiletto heels adorned every cover. Cover lines shouted I Was a Girl BurglarFor Kicks  Sex Habits of Women Killers  Bride of Sin!  She Played Me for a Sucker  and most succinctly  Bad Woman.True Crime Detective Magazines follows the evolution and devolution of this distinctly American genre from 1924 to 1969. Hundreds of covers and interior images from dozens of magazine titles tell the story  not just of the detectives  but also of Americas attitudes towards sex  sin  crime  and punishment over five decades. With texts by magazine collector Eric Godtland  George Hagenauer  and True Detective editor Marc Gerald  True Crime Detective Magazines is an informative and entertaining look at one of the strangest publishing niches of all time.","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44888873730101,"sku":"ByrdShop_3836534878","price":73.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/ByrdShop_3836534878.jpg?v=1767090753","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/true-crime-detective-magazines-english-and-french-and-german-edition","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}