The Corpse Had a Familiar Face: Covering Miami, America's Hottest Beat
by Buchanan, Edna
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0394557948
- ISBN 13
- 9780394557946
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About This Item
Random House, 1987. First Edition, First Printing. Fine Hardcover in a Fine Dust Jacket. Fine/Fine.
No Flaws or Blemishes but minimal handling and modest spine fading. Bindings tight and square. First Edition, First Printing.. An account of some of the author's experiences as the top "Miami Herald" crime reporter over a period of 17 years. She describes the murders, rapes, drug deals, kidnappings and over 5,000 corpses she has investigated and reported.
She also writes about her relations with criminals and the police. In 1980 the author's exposure of the murder of Arthur McDuffie by the police sparked the Miami riots. In 1986 she won the Pulitzer prize for her news reporting.
No Flaws or Blemishes but minimal handling and modest spine fading. Bindings tight and square. First Edition, First Printing.. An account of some of the author's experiences as the top "Miami Herald" crime reporter over a period of 17 years. She describes the murders, rapes, drug deals, kidnappings and over 5,000 corpses she has investigated and reported.
She also writes about her relations with criminals and the police. In 1980 the author's exposure of the murder of Arthur McDuffie by the police sparked the Miami riots. In 1986 she won the Pulitzer prize for her news reporting.
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- Bookseller
- Blind Horse Books [ABAA - FABA] (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015280
- Title
- The Corpse Had a Familiar Face: Covering Miami, America's Hottest Beat
- Author
- Buchanan, Edna
- Format/Binding
- Fine Hardcover in a Fine Dust Jacket
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0394557948
- ISBN 13
- 9780394557946
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1987
- Keywords
- True Crime; Journalism; Miami
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