King of Heists: the Sensational Bank Robbery of 1878 That Shocked America [Gilded Age]
by Conway, J. North
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine Hardcover in a Fine Dust Jacket.
- ISBN 10
- 1599215381
- ISBN 13
- 9781599215389
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About This Item
First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Fine Hardcover in a Fine Dust Jacket..
No Flaws or Blemishes but minimal shelf handling; Still Gift Quality. 9.25 inches tall; 224 pages with an index.
Subjects: True Crime; bank robbery, John Roebling, Marm Mandelbaum, architect George Leslie, Gilded Age. "Conway, a college prof and ex-newspaper man, covers this ancient tale in a way that makes it feel like a hot news story." [New York Post]
"Engrossing . . . Conway skillfully paints a backdrop of fierce and flamboyant personalities who paraded across the Gilded Age, from Brooklyn Bridge engineer John Roebling to Marm Mandelbaum, 'queen of the criminals.' . . . [H]e capably recounts his story against a background of glitter and greed."
-Publishers Weekly
No Flaws or Blemishes but minimal shelf handling; Still Gift Quality. 9.25 inches tall; 224 pages with an index.
Subjects: True Crime; bank robbery, John Roebling, Marm Mandelbaum, architect George Leslie, Gilded Age. "Conway, a college prof and ex-newspaper man, covers this ancient tale in a way that makes it feel like a hot news story." [New York Post]
"Engrossing . . . Conway skillfully paints a backdrop of fierce and flamboyant personalities who paraded across the Gilded Age, from Brooklyn Bridge engineer John Roebling to Marm Mandelbaum, 'queen of the criminals.' . . . [H]e capably recounts his story against a background of glitter and greed."
-Publishers Weekly
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- King of Heists: the Sensational Bank Robbery of 1878 That Shocked America [Gilded Age]
- Author
- Conway, J. North
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover with Dust Jacket
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine Hardcover in a Fine Dust Jacket.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 1599215381
- ISBN 13
- 9781599215389
- Publisher
- Lyons Press
- Place of Publication
- Guilford, Connecticut
- This edition first published
- 2009-08
- Keywords
- True Crime, bank robbery, John Roebling, Marm Mandelbaum, architect George Leslie, Gilded Age
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