Author Last Name,
Author First Name,
Pages,
Binding,
Edition,
ISBN 10,
ISBN 13,
Condition,
Publisher,
Date Published,
Specifications
Author Last Name:
Byrnes
Author First Name:
Thomas
Pages:
546
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1st
ISBN 10:
1585741132
ISBN 13:
9781585741137
Condition:
Used
Publisher:
The Lyons Press
Date Published:
1/1/0001
Genre:
Fantastically True
Description
A late-nineteenth century rogues gallery of America's foremost murderers, bank robbers, con men, forgers, embezzlers, and pickpockets.Written in 1886, Professional Criminals of America contains biographical sketches, including photographs, of some four hundred of the nation's leading criminals. Each profile details the crimes committed and the circumstances leading up to arrest and conviction. Also included are short, informative chapters on criminal methods, executions, opium addiction, fugitives from justice, and prison commutation laws, along with intriguing chapters on mysterious unsolved murders, adventurers and adventuresses, and a list of every prison and state penitentiary in America at the time of publication. (8 1/2 X 11, 466 pages, b w photos, charts)
