Professional Criminals of America : From Gilded Age New York
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Format
Board Book
ISBN-10
1493041967
ISBN-13
9781493041961
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Imprint
The Lyons Press
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Aug 9th, 2019
Print length
520 Pages
Weight
1,476 grams
Dimensions
22.50 x 28.60 x 3.40 cms
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A late-nineteenth century rogues gallery of America's foremost murderers, bank robbers, con men, forgers, embezzlers, and pickpockets.Written in 1886, Professional Criminals of America contains biographical sketches, including photographs, of some four hundred of the nation's leading criminals. Each profile details the crimes committed and the circumstances leading up to arrest and conviction. Also included are short, informative chapters on criminal methods, executions, opium addiction, fugitives from justice, and prison commutation laws, along with intriguing chapters on mysterious unsolved murders, adventurers and adventuresses, and a list of every prison and state penitentiary in America at the time of publication.
A late-nineteenth century rogues gallery of America''s foremost murderers, bank robbers, con men, forgers, embezzlers, and pickpockets.Written in 1886, Professional Criminals of America contains biographical sketches, including photographs, of some four hundred of the nation''s leading criminals. Each profile details the crimes committed and the circumstances leading up to arrest and conviction. Also included are short, informative chapters on criminal methods, executions, opium addiction, fugitives from justice, and prison commutation laws, along with intriguing chapters on mysterious unsolved murders, adventurers and adventuresses, and a list of every prison and state penitentiary in America at the time of publication.
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