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Title:
Villains, scoundrels, and rogues : incredible true tales of mischief and mayhem / Paul Martin.
ISBN:
9781616149277
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Publication Information:
Amherst, New York : Prometheus Books, 2014.
Physical Description:
304 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Contents:
VILLAINS -- Merchant of Misery, James DeWolf -- The Cutthroat Captain of Cave-In-Rock, Samuel Mason -- Architect of a Tragedy, John Chivington -- The Late, Unlamented Little Pete, Fong Ching -- The Killer They Called Hell's Belle, Belle Sorensen Gunness -- Partners in Perfidy, Isaac Harris and Max Blanck -- Chicago's Florist-Mobster, Dean O'Banion -- A Huckster's Rise and Fall, John Brinkley -- Hitchcock's Hideous Inspiration, Ed Gein -- SCOUNDRELS -- Salem's Rabid Witch-Hunter, William Stoughton -- Uncle Daniel the "Speckerlator", Daniel Drew -- Unleashing the James-Younger Gang, James Lane -- Lincoln's Missing Bodyguard, John Parker -- Squirrel Tooth Alice, Libby Thompson -- The Lawman Who Went Bad, Burt Alvord -- The Very Mellow Yellow Kid, Joseph Weil -- You Bet Your Life, Alvin Thomas -- Keeper of the Immaculate Sperm, Charles Davenport -- The Silken Voice of Treachery, Mildred Gillars -- ROGUES -- Who's that Rapping On My Floor? Maggie and Kate Fox -- The Witch of Wall Street, Hetty Green -- King of the Cannibal Islands, David O'Keefe -- Master Salesman of a Dubious Legend, Herbert Bridgman -- The Consummate Gold Digger, Peggy Hopkins Joyce -- The Mad, Sad Poet of Greenwich Village, Maxwell Bodenheim -- The Bifurcated Congressman, Samuel Dickstein -- The Frugal Counterfeiter, Emerich Juettner -- Imperfect Pitch, Don Lapre.
Summary:
From the back pages of history, vivid, entertaining portraits of little-known scoundrels whose misdeeds range from the simply inept to the truly horrifying.
OCLC Number:
ocn849199116
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