The Queen: The Forgotten Life Behind an American Myth

by Josh Levin

Book Overview

Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award in Biography
In this critically acclaimed true crime tale of welfare queen Linda Taylor, a Slate editor reveals a wild, only-in-America story of political manipulation and murder (Attica Locke, Edgar Award-winning author).
On the South Side of Chicago in 1974, Linda Taylor reported a phony burglary, concocting a lie about stolen furs and jewelry. The detective...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 031651330X
• ISBN13: 9780316513302
• Release Date: May 2019
• Publisher: Little Brown and Company
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.4" x 9.5"