The Big Book of Little Criminals: 63 True Tales of the World's Most Incompetent Jailbirds!
by George Hagenauer (Author), Judy Maguire (Author), Tom Peyer (Author), Joel Rose (Author), Carl Sifakis (Author), Lou Stathis (Author)
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Sixty-three stories of outrageous acts, insanitystupidity and unmitigated gall brought to you in,graphic form by some of the world's best comic,writers and artists. From penny-ante grifters to,the minds behind the biggest heists in historythis glorious collection provides the stories,behind some of the most outlandish criminal,behaviour known to man. Illustrated throughout.Tags
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Carl Sifakis is a crime reporter & freelance writer. Formerly with UPI & The Buffalo Evening News, he is the author of numerous books & articles, including "The Encyclopedia of Gambling", "Hoaxes & Scams"; "The Encyclopedia of American Crime"; "The Mafia Encyclopedia"; "Crimes & the Rich & Famous"; & "Frauds, Deceptions & Swindles" for Facts on show more File/Checkmark Books. He lives in Kew Gardens, NY. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Original publication date
- 1996
- People/Characters
- Willie Sutton ("the Actor"); Shanghai Kelly; Ernest Booth; John Ashley; Black Bart; Mal Henri (show all 73); Charles Sumner; Preston Brooks; Frederick Emerson Peters; Robert Toye; George Remus; George Metesky; Al Capone; Cap Streeter; Serge Rubinstein; Victor Lustig (count); Gaston Means; Avanna Sherrill; Joseph Weil; Jake Factor; John Kelly ("Honest John"); Henri LeMoine; Isidor Fisch; Bruno Richard Hauptmann; James Reavis; Han van Meegeren; Mary Butterworth; Joshua Tatum; Franz Tausend; Alves Reis; Emerich Juettner; Samuel J. Morton; Mickey Cohen; Charles Richardson; Eddie Richardson; Carmelo Fresina; Daniel Gilbert ("Tubbo"); Joe Colombo; Salvatore "Sam" Cardinella; Frank "Dasher" Abbandando; Louie "Pretty" Amberg; Vincent "Schemer" Drucci; Joseph Jefferson "Shoeless Joe" Jackson; Charles "Swede" Risberg; Oscar "Happy" Felsch; George "Buck" Weaver; Claude "Lefty" Williams; Fred McMullin; Chick Gandil; Joseph "Sport" Sullivan; Willie Moretti; Vincente Gigante; Phil Strauss; Armando Illiano; Ma Barker; Dorothy DiFrasso; Belle Gunness; Eleanor Jarman; Cassie Chadwick; Kathryn Kelly; Sara Ellis; Leona Helmsley; Harry Helmsley; Anthony "Fats" Pino; Joseph "Specs" O'Keefe; Ronnie Biggs; Albert Spaggiari; Vincenzo Peruggia; William J. Fahy; Louis Werner; Marty Krugman; Jimmy Burke ("The Gent"); D. B. Cooper
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- English
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- Graphic Novels & Comics
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- 741.5973 — Arts & recreation Drawing & decorative arts Drawing Comic books, graphic novels, fotonovelas, cartoons, caricatures, comic strips History, geographic treatment, biography North American United States (General)
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- PN6727 .H24 .B54 — Language and Literature Literature (General) Literature (General) Collections of general literature Comic books, strips, etc.
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