Bloody Savannah

Derek Smith was a crime reporter in Savannah, Georgia, for almost ten years and has written extensively on the Civil War. He lives in Bishopville, South Carolina.

“Informatively enhanced…exceptionally well written, organized and presented…an extraordinary history of an extraordinary American city and highly recommended for personnel, community, and academic library True Crime collections and supplemental curriculum studies lists”—Midwest Book Review

• Table of ContentsIntroductionPrelude: BeginningsChapter 1. Front-Page Murders: Some of the Most SensationalChapter 2. Other Murders Most FoulChapter 3. The All but Forgotten: A Few of Savannah’s Cold CasesChapter 4. The Year of Dying DangerouslyChapter 5. Homicide in the HinterlandChapter 6. Blood on the BadgeChapter 7. Missing Persons FilesChapter 8. Water, Water Everywhere: Hurricanes, Rescues and CorpsesChapter 9. People Do the Strangest Things: The Sad, Tragic, Vicious and Just WeirdChapter 10. Difference Makers, Heroes and CharactersChapter 11. Savannah Vice and St. Patrick’s DaysEpilogueChapter NotesIndex