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Author:
Brook, Henry.
Title:
True stories of gangsters Henry Brook ; [illustrator, Ian McNee].
Publisher:
EDC Pub
Copyright Date:
2015
Description:
157 p. ill. 20 cm.
Subject:
Organized crime--United States--History
Criminals--United States--History
Other Authors:
McNee, Ian, ill.
Contents:
The ice-cold killers -- How they cracked Capone -- Die young and famous -- Desert dreamer -- Betrayed by the lady in red -- The Dutchman meets Murder Inc. -- Nothing can be worth this-- -- The Australian iron gang -- At war with the world -- The luckiest gangster alive -- The gangster who beat "the Rock".
Summary:
"From Al Capone's reign of terror in Chicago to the last stand of Ned Kelly in the Australian bush, most gangsters lived lives of cold, calculating violence, living hard and dying young. You'll find bank robbers, Mafia bosses, prison break outs--and more--in these eleven thrilling stories, which explore the shadowy underworld of the most dangerous criminals of them all"--From the publisher's web site.
Series:
Usborne true stories
ISBN:
0794536506
9780794536503 (pbk.) :
1601304013
9781601304018
Locations:
XRPC157 -- Anita Public Library (Anita)
KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)
RZPE145 -- Carroll Public Library (Carroll)
YTPG232 -- Clinton Public Library (Clinton)
REPC017 -- Greenfield Public Library (Greenfield)

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