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The Counterfeit Prince of Old Texas: Swindling Slaver Monroe Edwards
ISBN: 9781540214096 / Angielski / Twarda / 146 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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139,06 zł |
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Wicked Branson
ISBN: 9781540214676 / Angielski / Twarda / 146 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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139,06 zł |
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I am a Fugitive from a Georgia Chain Gang!
ISBN: 9781610273770 / Angielski / Twarda / 202 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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165,48 zł |
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Wicked Columbus, Indiana
ISBN: 9781625858719 / Angielski / Miękka / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Dubbed the "Athens of the Prairie" for its array of stunning modern architecture, Columbus still endured its share of unsavory citizens, crime-ridden neighborhoods and tales of woe. Many residents avoided the infamous slums of Smoky Row and Death Valley, while others gave in to the allure of Lillian "Todie" Tull's famed house of ill repute on North Jackson Street. Two different father-and-son hoodlum partnerships, the McKinneys and the Bells, terrorized the area in the 1800s. And a brutal fistfight between a newspaper editor and the mayor sparked a scandal in 1877. Author Paul J. Hoffman...
Dubbed the "Athens of the Prairie" for its array of stunning modern architecture, Columbus still endured its share of unsavory citizens, crime-ridden ...
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95,59 zł |
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I am a Fugitive from a Georgia Chain Gang!
ISBN: 9781610273763 / Angielski / Miękka / 202 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This classic book tells the harrowing and inspirational story of Robert Elliott Burns' imprisonment on a chain gang in Georgia in the 1920s, his subsequent escape from the chain gang (twice, no less ), and the public furor that developed across the nation. The book was immediately turned into a famous movie and sparked outrage about prison conditions and involuntary servitude that led to major reforms. This memoir is also simply a very interesting read. Originally issued in 1931 as a six-part serial in the pages of True Detective Mysteries magazine, and printed by the... This classic book tells the harrowing and inspirational story of Robert Elliott Burns' imprisonment on a chain gang in Georgia in the 1920s, his su... |
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110,64 zł |
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Wicked Prescott
ISBN: 9781531699444 / Angielski / Twarda / 146 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Swindlers, confidence men and outlaws the mountain shadows and Ponderosa pines surrounding Prescott conceal their grim histories and crooked ways. The small hamlet turned mining town became Arizona s first capital in 1864, and with wealth and power came every type of vice and crime. One block west of the famed Whiskey Row, the roaring red-light district attracted ladies of easy virtue, who often became victims of crimes of passion and coldblooded murder. Legendary crook Fleming Jim Parker escaped from Yavapai County Jail on the back of the sheriff s stolen horse. Cattle rustlers terrorized...
Swindlers, confidence men and outlaws the mountain shadows and Ponderosa pines surrounding Prescott conceal their grim histories and crooked ways. The...
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139,06 zł |
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Organized Crime in Miami
ISBN: 9781540201904 / Angielski / Twarda / 130 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. While other cities are credited for birthing and honing the legendary crime figures who inevitably influenced and shaped their susceptible surroundings and culture, Miami is where the Mob, like many American citizens, often turned when seeking vacation, vice, or a new beginning. Dating back to the first quarter of the 20th century, resourceful gangsters from across the nation recognized the profitable business opportunities Miami could provide with its booming population, perfect year-round climate, cooperative law enforcement, and mutual understanding among otherwise rival gangs. The promise...
While other cities are credited for birthing and honing the legendary crime figures who inevitably influenced and shaped their susceptible surrounding...
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139,06 zł |
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Wicked Ridgefield, Connecticut
ISBN: 9781540200532 / Angielski / Twarda / 146 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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139,06 zł |
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Wicked Muncie
ISBN: 9781540200556 / Angielski / Twarda / 146 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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139,06 zł |
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Oklahoma Scoundrels: History's Most Notorious Outlaws, Bandits & Gangsters
ISBN: 9781540201188 / Angielski / Twarda / 130 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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139,06 zł |
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Wicked Omaha
ISBN: 9781540215543 / Angielski / Twarda / 98 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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139,06 zł |
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Murder of a Herkimer County Teacher: The Shocking 1914 Case of a Vengeful Student
ISBN: 9781540215598 / Angielski / Twarda / 146 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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139,06 zł |
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The Confessions of a Poacher
ISBN: 9781473337497 / Angielski / Miękka / 104 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. First published in 1890, "The Confessions of a Poacher" is an interesting collection of essays and anecdotes based on the authors personal and extensive experience poaching. Profusely illustrated and highly-readable, this book primarily offers its reader tips and advice on how to be a successful poacher, but also provides a unique insight into England in the late nineteenth century. "The Confessions of a Poacher" will appeal to those with an interest in hunting and poaching, and it is not to be missed by collectors of vintage literature of this ilk. Contents include: "The Embryo Poacher",...
First published in 1890, "The Confessions of a Poacher" is an interesting collection of essays and anecdotes based on the authors personal and extensi...
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92,45 zł |
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The CBS Murders: A True Account of Greed and Violence in New York's Diamond District
ISBN: 9781504046831 / Angielski / Miękka / 252 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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60,82 zł |
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In Plain Sight: The Kaufman County Prosecutor Murders
ISBN: 9780062363503 / Angielski / Miękka (mass market paperbound / 496 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. JUDGE. JURY. EXECUTIONER. On a cold January morning, the killer executed Assistant District Attorney Mark Hasse in broad daylight. Eight shots fired a block from the Kaufman County Courthouse. Two months later, a massacre. The day before Easter, the couple slept. Bunnies, eggs, a flower centerpiece gracing the table. Death rang their doorbell and filled the air with the rat-a-tat-tat of an assault weapon discharging round after round into their bodies. Eric Williams and his wife, Kim, celebrated the murders with grilled steaks. Their crimes covered... JUDGE. JURY. EXECUTIONER. On a cold January morning, the killer executed Assistant District Attorney Mark Hasse in broad da... |
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39,08 zł |
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You Could Do Something Amazing with Your Life [You Are Raoul Moat]
ISBN: 9781911344322 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Winner of the CWA Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction. A letter arrives. You’ve got an appointment with a trainee clinical psychologist on April 29, 2008. You don’t attend. Another letter arrives. It says they don’t normally reschedule appointments, but they know this is hard for you, so they’re offering you another appointment. It’s on May 13, 2008. You don’t attend. Two years later you shoot three people and shoot yourself. You will be called a monster. You will be called evil. The prime minister, David Cameron, will stand up in Parliament and say you were a callous murderer,...
Winner of the CWA Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction. A letter arrives. You’ve got an appointment with a trainee clinical psychologist on April 29, 2008....
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50,76 zł |
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The Juke Joint King of the Mississippi Hills: The Raucous Reign of Tillman Branch
ISBN: 9781540209955 / Angielski / Twarda / 162 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the swamps and juke joints of Holmes County, Mississippi, Edward Tillman Branch built his empire. Tillman's clubs were legendary. Moonshine flowed as patrons enjoyed craps games and well-known blues acts. Across from his Goodman establishment, prostitutes in a trysting trailer entertained men, including the married Tillman himself. A threat to law enforcement and anyone who crossed his path, Branch rose from modest beginnings to become the ruler of a treacherous kingdom in the hills that became his own end. Author Janice Branch Tracy reveals the man behind the story and the path that led...
In the swamps and juke joints of Holmes County, Mississippi, Edward Tillman Branch built his empire. Tillman's clubs were legendary. Moonshine flowed ...
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139,06 zł |
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A Jazz Age Murder in Northwest Indiana: The Tragic Betrayal of Nettie Diamond
ISBN: 9781540210166 / Angielski / Twarda / 162 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Nettie Herskovitz was wealthy and widowed. Her suitor, Harry Diamond, was a dashing young bootlegger a decade and a half her junior. At first she resisted his advances, but soon the two were married with an infant daughter. Disinterested in a domestic life, Diamond shot Nettie on Valentine s Day 1923 while riding in their Hudson sedan. He tried to pin the crime on the fleeing chauffeur, but Diamond made a mistake. Though mortally wounded, Nettie lived long enough to identify her attacker to police and change her will. The sensational Diamond murder became tabloid fodder a Roaring Twenties...
Nettie Herskovitz was wealthy and widowed. Her suitor, Harry Diamond, was a dashing young bootlegger a decade and a half her junior. At first she resi...
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139,06 zł |
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Arizona Outlaws and Lawmen: Gunslingers, Bandits, Heroes and Peacekeepers
ISBN: 9781540213525 / Angielski / Twarda / 146 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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139,06 zł |
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Smuggler's Blues: A True Story of the Hippie Mafia (Cannabis Americana: Remembrance of the War on Plants, Book 1)
ISBN: 9781628729115 / Angielski / Miękka / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Richard Stratton was the unlikeliest of kingpins. A clean-cut kid from an old New England family who entered outlaw culture on a trip to Mexico, he saw his search for a joint morph into a thrill-filled dope run smuggling two kilos across the border in his car door. He became a member of the Hippie Mafia, traveling the world to keep America high, living the underground life while embracing the hippie credo. With cameos by Whitey Bulger and Norman Mailer, Smuggler's Blues tells Stratton's adventure while centering on his last years as he travels from New York to Lebanon's Bekaa Valley...
Richard Stratton was the unlikeliest of kingpins. A clean-cut kid from an old New England family who entered outlaw culture on a trip to Mexico, he sa...
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86,31 zł |
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