The Bobbed Haired Bandit : a True Story of Crime and Celebrity in 1920s New York.

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Ripped straight from the headlines of the Jazz Age, The Bobbed Haired Bandit is a tale of flappers and fast cars, of sex and morality. In the spring of 1924, a poor, 19-year-old laundress from Brooklyn robbed a string of New York grocery stores with a "baby automatic," a fur coat, and a fa...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Duncombe, Stephen
Otros Autores: Mattson, Andrew
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : NYU Press, 2006.
Temas:
Cooney, Edward, > 1899-1936.
Cooney, Celia, > 1904-1992.
Cooney, Celia, > 1904-1992
Cooney, Edward, > 1899-1936
Robbery > New York (State) > New York.
Brigands and robbers > New York (State) > New York > Biography.
Vol qualifié > New York (État) > New York.
Bandits et brigands > New York (État) > New York > Biographies.
HISTORY > United States > General.
Brigands and robbers
Robbery
New York (State) > New York
Biography
Biographies
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Ripped straight from the headlines of the Jazz Age, The Bobbed Haired Bandit is a tale of flappers and fast cars, of sex and morality. In the spring of 1924, a poor, 19-year-old laundress from Brooklyn robbed a string of New York grocery stores with a "baby automatic," a fur coat, and a fashionable bobbed hairdo. Celia Cooney's crimes made national news, with the likes of Ring Lardner and Walter Lippman writing about her exploits for enthralled readers. The Bobbed Haired Bandit brings to life a world of great wealth and poverty, of Prohibition and class conflict. With her husband Ed at her sid
Descripción Física:1 online resource (394 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780814785201
0814785204

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