A gentleman and a thief : the daring jewel heists of a jazz age rogue
Record details
- ISBN: 9781643752839
- ISBN: 1643752839
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Physical Description:
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432 pages : illustrations, map, portraits, photographs ; 24 cm - Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: Chapel Hill, North Carolina : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2024.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [338]-422) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | A note to readers -- Prologue: prince charming -- I: "A grand life". The courier ; A "big-timer" ; First-aid man ; The long watch -- II: the ladder burglar. Second-story man ; A simple assault ; All that glitters ; Clients ; American raffles -- III: gentleman thief. Cosden and Mountbatten ; The Plaza pearls -- The great retriever ; Nightlife plunger ; Anna Blake -- IV: prince of thieves. A scholarly cop ; The phantom ; "Well-mannered bandits" ; The Rockefeller gems ; "That slender riotous island" ; The masterpiece -- V: the reckoning. The trap ; Owning up ; Only high-class work ; Up the river ; Sing sing -- VI: the fugitive. Breakout ; Refuge ; Mr. and Mrs. Toner ; The eaglet -- VII: a most dangerous criminal. Lindbergh suspect ; Celebrity crook ; A fair trial ; "My life of love and fear" -- VIII: redemption. Hard time ; "No dice" ; "Easy come, easy go" ; An honest man -- Epilogue: Uncle Artie -- Acknowledgments -- Arthur Barry's major heists. |
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Subject: | Barry, Arthur Jewel thieves United States Biography Jewelry theft United States History 20th century Escapes United States History 20th century Offenses against property Crime Robbery |
Genre: | True crime stories. Biographies. |
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