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SUMMARY:History Book Festival Presents Author Dean Jobb: The Case of the Mu
 rderous Dr. Cream
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DESCRIPTION:In collaboration with the History Book Festival\, join us for a
  talk\nwith Dean Jobb\, author of The Case of the Murderous Dr. Cream: The
 \nHunt for a Victorian Era Serial Killer\, an offering of the 2021\nvirtua
 l History Book Festival. Joining Dean in conversation is author\nArt Taylo
 r. In the late 1800s\, one of the first international serial\nkillers murd
 ered as many as ten people in the United States\, Britain\,\nand Canada. O
 ver the span of 15 years\, Dr. Thomas Neill Cream targeted\nvulnerable and
  desperate women who came to him for medical advice\,\nusing his knowledge
  of poisons to conceal his crimes. This definitive\naccount of his life ex
 poses the flawed detection methods\, bungled\ninvestigations\, corrupt off
 icials\, and stifling morality of Victorian\nera society that allowed Dr. 
 Cream to prey on victims undetected\, time\nafter time. Dean Jobb is a thr
 ee-time winner of Atlantic Canada’s\ntop journalism award. His 2015 book
 \, Empire of Deception: The\nIncredible Story of a Master Swindler Who Sed
 uced a City and\nCaptivated the Nation\, was named Nonfiction Book of the 
 Year by the\nChicago Writers Association. He is a professor at the Univers
 ity of\nKing’s College in Halifax\, Nova Scotia. Art Taylor has won seve
 ral\nawards for his short fiction\, and his novel in stories\, On the Road
 \nwith Del & Louise\, won the Agatha Award for Best First Novel. His work\
 nhas also appeared in The Best American Mystery Stories yearly\nanthology.
  He is an associate professor of English at George Mason\nUniversity in Fa
 irfax\, Virginia. Note: This is an online event\nconducted through Zoom. Y
 ou MUST REGISTER to receive instructions for\njoining the meeting. Present
 ed by History Book Festival\, Lewes Public\nLibrary\, Browseabout Books\, 
 Lee Ann Wilkinson Group\, and Delaware\nHumanities. Venue: Lewes Public Li
 brary.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:In collaboration with the History Book Festiva
 l\, join us for a talk with Dean Jobb\, author of The Case of the Murderou
 s Dr. Cream: The Hunt for a Victorian Era Serial Killer\, an offering of t
 he 2021 virtual History Book Festival. Joining Dean in conversation is aut
 hor Art Taylor. In the late 1800s\, one of the first international serial 
 killers murdered as many as ten people in the United States\, Britain\, an
 d Canada. Over the span of 15 years\, Dr. Thomas Neill Cream targeted vuln
 erable and desperate women who came to him for medical advice\, using his 
 knowledge of poisons to conceal his crimes. This definitive account of his
  life exposes the flawed detection methods\, bungled investigations\, corr
 upt officials\, and stifling morality of Victorian era society that allowe
 d Dr. Cream to prey on victims undetected\, time after time. Dean Jobb is 
 a three-time winner of Atlantic Canada’s top journalism award. His 2015 
 book\, Empire of Deception: The Incredible Story of a Master Swindler Who 
 Seduced a City and Captivated the Nation\, was named Nonfiction Book of th
 e Year by the Chicago Writers Association. He is a professor at the Univer
 sity of King’s College in Halifax\, Nova Scotia. Art Taylor has won seve
 ral awards for his short fiction\, and his novel in stories\, On the Road 
 with Del & Louise\, won the Agatha Award for Best First Novel. His work ha
 s also appeared in The Best American Mystery Stories yearly anthology. He 
 is an associate professor of English at George Mason University in Fairfax
 \, Virginia. Note: This is an online event conducted through Zoom. You MUS
 T REGISTER to receive instructions for joining the meeting. Presented by H
 istory Book Festival\, Lewes Public Library\, Browseabout Books\, Lee Ann 
 Wilkinson Group\, and Delaware Humanities. Venue: Lewes Public Library.
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