{"id":6114,"date":"2015-07-16T10:00:20","date_gmt":"2015-07-16T14:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/houghtonmodern\/?p=6114"},"modified":"2015-07-08T11:06:56","modified_gmt":"2015-07-08T15:06:56","slug":"lets-take-a-bite-out-of-crime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/houghtonmodern\/2015\/07\/16\/lets-take-a-bite-out-of-crime\/","title":{"rendered":"Let’s take a bite out of crime!"},"content":{"rendered":"

This post is part of an ongoing series featuring items from the newly acquired\u00a0Julio Mario Santo Domingo Collection<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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The collection has a large number of French translations of books that deal with crime and criminals in the United States. \u00a0Chicago : ville du crime<\/a><\/em> or Rattling the cup on Chicago crime<\/em> was written by Edward D. Sullivan, who was also a newspaper columnist. \u00a0Sullivan’s book\u00a0explores his opinions about criminals and corruption in\u00a0Chicago during the early 20th-century and the attitude of the American public\u00a0towards criminals. He states\u00a0that the modern criminal is careful and typically protected by a larger “organization.”<\/p>\n

One chapter details the rise of Al Capone describing the bootlegging operations and the gradual pervasive corruption that infected the city. \u00a0The writing throughout is clearly skewed by Sullivan’s own experiences as a middle-class educated white man, but nonetheless it does show a specific point of view within the historical context. \u00a0The content is very\u00a0sensationalist which makes sense since\u00a0tabloid journalism was very popular around this time.<\/p>\n

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Le gang et la d\u00e9bauche aux Etats-Unis : ennemis publics no. 1<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>is the French translation of\u00a0the original title Here’s to Crime<\/a>, which was cataloged by us back in the fall. \u00a0The author Courtney Cooper also had quite a flair for the dramatic both in his writing and his life experiences. \u00a0The title to his book is a direct response to the sloan “Crime Does Not Pay” which he considers to be “drivel.” \u00a0Before he was a newspaper reporter and author Cooper\u00a0worked for a traveling circus as a clown and eventually became the general manager. \u00a0His connection to the circus continued throughout his lifetime and he was the chief publicist for\u00a0Ringling Brothers, Barnum & Bailey Circus<\/a>\u00a0when he died. \u00a0Cooper was also quite an authority on crime and wrote several books and many articles dealing with corruption and drugs. \u00a0He was a supporter of the early days of the FBI and apparently J. Edgar Hoover was equally impressed with his knowledge of crime in America. \u00a0It is believed that he was a close friend of Hoover’s.<\/p>\n

All of these volumes can be found in Widener’s collection:<\/p>\n

Chicago : ville du crime<\/em> <\/a>\/ Edward Dean Sullivan ; Trad. de l’anglais par Andr\u00e9 Vialis. Paris : La Nouvelle soci\u00e9t\u00e9 d’\u00e9dition, [1931].<\/p>\n

Le gang et la d\u00e9bauche aux Etats-Unis : ennemis publics no. 1<\/a><\/em> \/ Courtney Ryley Cooper ; adapt\u00e9 de l’anglais par Ch. de Richter. Paris : Editions de France, [1939].<\/p>\n

Here’s to crime<\/a> \/ Courtney Ryley Cooper. Boston : Little Brown and Company, 1938, [c1937].<\/p>\n

Thanks to Alison Harris, Julio Mario Santo Domingo Project Manager, for contributing this post.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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