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9780816044894

The Encyclopedia of Robberies, Heists, and Capers

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    9780816044894

  • ISBN10:

    0816044899

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2002-11-01
  • Publisher: Checkmark Books
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Summary

Bandits, burglars, and thieves have always been a mainstay of society. From pickpockets to pirates, bank robbers to bushrangers, theft is one of the world's oldest criminal professions. The Encyclopedia of Robberies, Heists, and Capers is a one-stop reference to this daring field of criminal endeavor.

More than 400 entries detail history's most famous robberies from around the world, the thieves who executed them, and the lawmen who brought them to justice. Topical entries are featured, such as art theft, bungled capers, highway robbery, robberies in film and fiction, social bandits, safecracking, and robbery as terrorism. The Encyclopedia of Robberies, Heists, and Capers also includes more than seventy photographs, a number of which are mugshots of top bank robbers.

Cases covered include:
-- Brink's Robbery in Massachusetts, 1950
-- England's "Great Train Robbery, " 1963
-- The Lufthansa Airline Heist, 1978
-- The Sacking of Panama City by Pirates, 1671
-- The Wah Mee Club Massacre in San Francisco's Chinatown, 1983.

Table of Contents

Introduction vii
Entries A-Z
1(336)
Bibliography 337(6)
Index 343

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Excerpts

Bandits, burglars, and thieves have always been a mainstay of society. From pickpockets
to pirates, bank robbers to bushrangers, theft is one of the world's oldest criminal
professions. The Encyclopedia of Robberies, Heists, and Capers is a one-stop
reference to this daring field of criminal endeavor.
More than 400 entries detail history's most famous robberies from around the
world, the thieves who executed them, and the lawmen who brought them to justice. Topical
entries are featured, such as art theft, bungled capers, highway robbery, robberies in
film and fiction, social bandits, safecracking, and robbery as terrorism. The
Encyclopedia of Robberies, Heists, and Capers also includes more than 70
photographs, a number of which are mugshots of top bank robbers.
Cases covered include:
Brink's Robbery in Massachusetts, 1950
England's Great Train Robbery, 1963
The Lufthansa Airline Heist, 1978
The Sacking of Panama City by Pirates, 1671
The Wah Mee Club Massacre in San Francisco's Chinatown, 1983.
Biographies include:
The Barker Gang
Anne Bonny
John Dillinger
D.B. Cooper
Butch Cassidy
A.J. Gentleman Jack Davis
J. Edgar Hoover
Eleanor Jarman, The Blonde Tigress
Whittemore Gang.

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