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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Duncombe, Stephen
Other Authors: Mattson, Andrew
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : NYU Press, 2006.
Subjects:
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.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments; Cast of Characters; Part I: Woman with Gun; Part II: Get Girl Bandit Dead or Alive; Part III: Mystery of the Bobbed-Haired Bandit; Part IV: Gunmiss, Roused, Shoots Man; Part V: Child of Misfortune; Part VI: End of a Thriller; Epilogue; Notes; Index; About the Authors.

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