Title:
Secret partners : Big Tom Brown and the Barker gang / Timothy Mahoney.
ISBN:
9780873519045
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Publication Information:
Saint Paul : Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2013.
Physical Description:
309 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Contents:
History's shadows -- "Everything could be fixed" -- The rise of Big Tom -- Roaring through the Ozarks -- Murder at the green lantern -- Summer in the Ozarks -- Where's Leon? -- The show -- They shot the sheriff -- Cambridge, Sadie, and rose -- "Ma, put your glasses on" -- Dunlop's last ride -- White Bear Lake -- A robbery and three murders -- The last new year's eve -- Target : William Hamm -- "You are Mr. Hamm, aren't you?" -- "Too bad for Hamm and you" -- Hidden in plain sight -- The FBI's wrong turn -- Harry's harvest -- "With open arms" -- "Well, I got excited" -- "One more chance" -- "Most unbearable" -- "To hell with duty" -- The heat -- "No criminals here" -- "One tough swede" -- The cleanup man -- Death of a comedian -- That trouble in Cleveland -- The shootouts -- "Bolton? Who's Bolton?" -- The recording artist -- Harry takes the stand -- "Did you tell them you know me, Dad?" -- "At peace with the world" -- "Sit here, Alvin" -- Heat wave -- "Oh! I wanted to see him" -- "Will you please talk to Mr. McKee?" -- "She must be crazy" -- "I ain't been so far wrong" -- A stranger comes to Omaha -- The disappearing act -- One path through the woods -- Note on sources -- Notes.
Summary:
Among the most dangerous criminals of the public enemies era was a man who has long hidden in history's shadows: Tom Brown. In the early 1930s, while he was police chief of St. Paul, Minnesota, Brown became a secret partner of the infamous Barker gang. He profited from their violent crimes, he protected the gang from raids by the nascent FBI--and while he did all this, the gangsters gunned down cops and citizens in his hometown.
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OCLC Number:
ocn843785247
Availability:
South St. Paul - Kaposia~2
