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. |
Available copies
- 7 of 16 copies available at NC Cardinal.
- 0 of 1 copy available at Brown Library System. (Show)
Holds
- 11 current holds with 16 total copies.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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George H. & Laura E. Brown Library | B Bar (Text) | 30308101352244 | Adult New Biography | Checked out | 09/19/2024 |
Albert Carlton - Cashiers Community Library | 364.16 J (Text) | 39493110118694 | Adult New Nonfiction | Available | - |
C.B. Hildebrand Public Library | B BARRY (Text) | 33557004657953 | Adult New Nonfiction | Available | - |
Cumberland Headquarters | CMB1725905 (Text) | CMB1725905 | Technical Services | In process | - |
Goldsboro Library | B BARRY (Text) | 900005000256351 | Adult New Nonfiction | Checked out | 09/03/2024 |
Harmony Branch Library | B BARRY JOB (Text) | 33114018658971 | Adult New Nonfiction | Checked out | 09/10/2024 |
Haywood County Main Library | 364.162 Jobb (Text) | 33115007696360 | Adult New Nonfiction | Available | - |
Henderson Main Branch | 364.1628 J (Text) | 33258010409887 | Adult New Nonfiction | Checked out | 08/31/2024 |
Hot Springs Library | 364.16 JOB (Text) | 30229101347879 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Hudson (Fontana) | 364.162 JOB (Text) | 39493108951197 | Adult New Nonfiction | Available | - |