{"id":13898,"date":"2018-09-07T13:55:38","date_gmt":"2018-09-07T18:55:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/?p=13898"},"modified":"2026-01-12T15:36:18","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T21:36:18","slug":"focus-on-the-book-the-leopold-and-loeb-files-by-nina-barrett","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/2018\/09\/07\/focus-on-the-book-the-leopold-and-loeb-files-by-nina-barrett\/","title":{"rendered":"Focus On The Book: The Leopold and Loeb Files by Nina Barrett"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>The Leopold and Loeb Files <\/em>takes a first-of-its-kind approach to the infamous murder of 14-year-old Bobby Franks<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/files\/2018\/09\/Leopold-Loeb-flyer-232x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-13900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/files\/2018\/09\/Leopold-Loeb-flyer-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/files\/2018\/09\/Leopold-Loeb-flyer-768x994.jpg 768w, https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/files\/2018\/09\/Leopold-Loeb-flyer-791x1024.jpg 791w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/> by wealthy University of Chicago students Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb. Author Nina Barrett has mined the source material generated by the case\u2014court transcripts, psychological reports, recorded interrogations, and more\u2014and arranged them to compose a chilling, fact-driven narrative of the events as they unfolded.<\/p>\n<p>The Loyola Libraries presents two events related to Nina Barrett&#8217;s new book.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/321952985232998\/\">Nina Barrett : Talk &amp; Book Signing<\/a><br \/>\nTuesday, September 25 \u2022 6pm \u2022 Information Commons 4th Floor<\/strong><br \/>\nThe author will discuss her investigative research that led to the creation of The Leopold and Loeb Files. Reception hosted by Alumni Relations. Registration is encouraged! <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alumni.luc.edu\/s\/1548\/alumni\/index.aspx?sid=1548&#038;gid=2&#038;pgid=4816&#038;cid=8699&#038;ecid=8699&#038;crid=0&#038;calpgid=401&#038;calcid=1238\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">LUC.edu\/alumni\/librariesspeaker<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/242680253110930\/\">Dissection : Panel Discussion<\/a><br \/>\nWednesday, September 26 \u2022 3-5pm \u2022 Piper Hall 1st Floor<\/strong><br \/>\nExplore the roaring \u201920s Chicago and how we study it with panelists Rachel Boyle, Mellon Major Projects Fellow, Newberry Library; Kevin Leonard, University Archivist, Northwestern University; and Julie Wroblewski, Archivist, Chicago History Museum in conversation with Nina Barrett, author.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Leopold and Loeb Files takes a first-of-its-kind approach to the infamous murder of 14-year-old Bobby Franks by wealthy University of Chicago students Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb. Author Nina Barrett has mined the source material generated by the case\u2014court transcripts, psychological reports, recorded interrogations, and more\u2014and arranged them to compose a chilling, fact-driven narrative [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":13899,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes"},"categories":[5,1,13],"tags":[10333,8894],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13898"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13898"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13898\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13921,"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13898\/revisions\/13921"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13899"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}