JACK THE RIPPER IN FACT AND FICTION

Paperback. In a well-documented study the author gives a careful, factual reconstruction of the Ripper's crimes and then describes each murder from the contemporary evidence. After this he makes a critical analysis of some of the better known theories put forward in books during the preceding years. Leonard Matters suggested that the Ripper was a fashionable West End doctor; William Stewart's killer was a midwife; and Donald McCormick identified the Ripper as Dr. Pedachenko. Illus. + Maps, Appendices, Bibliog. and Index. Includes additional material to the h/back. 239pp. mass market p/back. With the usual browned pp., creased covers G++