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Item Details
| Title:
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GANGLAND
THE EARLY YEARS |
| By: |
James Morton |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£7.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0751532231 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780751532234 |
| Publisher: |
LITTLE, BROWN BOOK GROUP |
| Pub. date: |
1 August, 2004 |
| Pages: |
656 |
| Description: |
This survey of crime in the late 19th and early 20th centuries concentrates on the aristocrats of crime: men and women who stole and spent fortunes and, whilst a great many ended in prison and poverty, some went on to become millionaires and members of society. |
| Synopsis: |
The early criminals were just as violent, dangerous and daring as their more recent relations. After a raid on the American Express in Paris, Eddie Guerin was sent to Devil's Island from which he escaped and survived, probably by eating his fellow escapees...GANGLAND: The Early Years is about criminal society and the characters who brought it about in the 19th and 20th centuries. It concentrates on the aristocrats of crime - men and women who stole and spent fortunes and, whilst a great many ended in prison and poverty, some went on to become millionaires and members of society. One of the lesser known facts of criminal life of 19th century was the ease with which criminals from London and New York moved between the two cities as well as spreading their enterprises not only across America but also into Europe. After a successful robbery in America or England members of the team might take an extended working holiday. The files of the Pinkerton Detective Agency are littered with reports of which Americans were working in Europe and which English thieves were presently in New York or Chicago... |
| Illustrations: |
8pp b/w illustrations |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Time Warner Paperbacks |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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