Item details: Death in the air : the true story of a serial killer, the great London smog, and the strangling of a city - 48143958

Death in the air : the true story of a serial killer, the great London smog, and the strangling of a city

text Death in the air : the true story of a serial killer, the great London smog, and the strangling of a city

Dawson, Kate Winkler

Summary: 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 ... Read more

Contents: Prologue -- Pressure -- Blackout -- Restrained -- Trapped -- Bodies in the mist -- Postmortem -- Smothered -- Hearth and home -- Squeezed -- Buried -- Illumination -- Infamous -- Legacy -- Epilogue.

Format: text

Description: viii, 341 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Publisher: Hachette Books 2017

Library	Location	Status
Woodmere (Main Branch)	364 DAW in Adult Non-fiction	Available

Library	Location	Status
TADL-WOOD	364 DAW in Adult Non-fiction	Available

Christie, Reginald Serial murderers England London Case studies Smog England London History 20th century London (England) Social conditions 20th century London (England) Environmental conditions 20th century

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