Born to Lose: Stanley B. Hoss & the Crime Spree That Gripped a Nation (True Cri,

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A book that has been read but is in good condition. Very minimal damage to the cover including scuff marks, but no holes or tears. The dust jacket for hard covers may not be included. Binding has minimal wear. The majority of pages are undamaged with minimal creasing or tearing, minimal pencil underlining of text, no highlighting of text, no writing in margins. No missing pages. See the seller’s listing for full details and description of any imperfections. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
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Type
Book
Intended Audience
N/A
ISBN
9781606350973
Book Title
Born to Lose : Stanley B. Hoss and the Crime Spree That Gripped a Nation
Book Series
True Crime History Ser.
Publisher
Kent State University Press
Item Length
9.2 in
Publication Year
2011
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Illustrator
Yes
Item Height
0.9 in
Author
James G. Hollock
Genre
True Crime, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography
Topic
Editors, Journalists, Publishers, Murder / General, Criminals & Outlaws, Criminology
Item Weight
21.7 Oz
Item Width
7 in
Number of Pages
408 Pages
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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Kent State University Press
ISBN-10
1606350978
ISBN-13
9781606350973
eBay Product ID (ePID)
102932996

Product Key Features

Book Title
Born to Lose : Stanley B. Hoss and the Crime Spree That Gripped a Nation
Number of Pages
408 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Editors, Journalists, Publishers, Murder / General, Criminals & Outlaws, Criminology
Publication Year
2011
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
True Crime, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography
Author
James G. Hollock
Book Series
True Crime History Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
21.7 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
7 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2011-000673
Dewey Edition
22
Dewey Decimal
364.152/3092 B
Synopsis
INDEPENDENT PUBLISHER GOLD MEDAL WINNER 2012 IN TRUE CRIME FINALIST, FOREWORD BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARDS A small-time hoodlum who became the most hunted man in America Stanley Barton Hoss was a burglar, thief, and local thug from the Pittsburgh area. In eight short months in 1969, however, he became a rapist, prison escapee, murderer, and kidnapper; the subject of an intense nationwide manhunt; and one of the FBI's Ten Most Wanted. In Born to Lose, author James G. Hollock traces Hoss from his earliest misdemeanors at the age of fourteen to a daring rooftop escape from the Allegheny Workhouse in Blawnox, Pennsylvania, where he was being held on a rape charge, to his killing of police officer Joseph Zanella in Oakmont, Pennsylvania, to the kidnapping near Cumberland, Maryland, and his ultimate murder of Linda Peugeot and her two-year-old daughter Lori in the autumn of 1969. Their bodies have never been found. Although indicted for the Peugeot kidnappings, these charges were later dropped because it was determined his constitutional right to a speedy trial was denied. Hoss was, however, convicted of the murder of Officer Zanella and initially sentenced to death, and that sentence was subsequently commuted to life in prison. But his killings didn't end there. In December 1973, while incarcerated at Western Penitentiary, Hoss conspired with two fellow white inmates in the savage murder of the popular and well-respected corrections officer Lieutenant Walter Peterson, one of the first African Americans hired by the Pennsylvania prison system. As a result of this final homicide, Hoss was transferred to an isolation facility in Philadelphia where in 1978 he hanged himself. By consulting previously sealed state and federal archives and interviewing sixty individuals who witnessed or had significant knowledge of Hoss's series of felonies, James G. Hollock vividly re-creates the crimes, police dispatches, and court proceedings in this gripping narrative. He poignantly characterizes the players involved, especially those who suffered either directly or indirectly at the hands of Stanley B. Hoss.
LC Classification Number
HV6248.H675H65 2011

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