Publicado por Cavendish Square Publishing LLC, 2002
ISBN 10: 0761410171 ISBN 13: 9780761410171
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Publicado por Cavendish Square Publishing LLC, 2002
ISBN 10: 0761410171 ISBN 13: 9780761410171
Librería: Better World Books: West, Reno, NV, Estados Unidos de America
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Publicado por Cavendish Square Publishing, 2002
ISBN 10: 0761410171 ISBN 13: 9780761410171
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Publicado por Cavendish Square Publishing, 2002
ISBN 10: 0761410171 ISBN 13: 9780761410171
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Publicado por Cavendish Square Publishing, 2002
ISBN 10: 0761410171 ISBN 13: 9780761410171
Librería: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, Estados Unidos de America
library. Condición: new. Illustrated. From School Library Journal Grade 47Blackwood serves up attentiongetting biographical sketches of notorious and lesserknown bad guys Entries include Al Capone Dick Turpin the Butcher Highwayman and Billy the Kid Each title begins with an explanation of the cultural context in which the subjects lived and provides a basic background on their particular criminal activity Biographical entries are brief fivetosix pages and discuss only the most intriguing aspects of the subjects lives In Highwaymen Blackwood tells of one woman who swallowed her wedding ring rather than relinquish it during a robbery Undeterred William Cady killed her and cut her open to retrieve it Vivid photographs reproductions and illustrations effectively complement the text One photo in Outlaws shows victims of the Northfield raid The Younger brothers and other outlaws are eerily presented sitting upright with open eyes and bleeding bullet wounds The author makes no attempt to psychoanalyze or speculate as to what led these people to pursue lives of crime he sticks to the facts and colorful details rendering simultaneously entertaining and informative readingLaura Glaser Euless Junior High School TX Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information Inc Product Description Noted author Gary L Blackwood grew up intrigued by crime fighters In Bad Guys the twotime Smithsonian Notable Book Award winner takes a look at the other side A motley crew of villians their chronicles are indeed fascinating Yet Blackwood goes far beyond storytelling Placing the shenanigans of highwaymen outlaws swindlers gangsters and pirates against the backdrop of history he considers them each in terms of the places and times in which the culprits operated Were they evil cutthroats Or were they driven to their deeds out of desperation In general readers will find very few Robin Hoods They will also discover that the reality of many of these men and women lies somewhere between utter scoundrel and social casualty From Booklist Reviewed with Gary L Blackwoods SwindlersGr 58 Blackwood whose novels include Shakespeares Scribe 2000 turns to nonfiction in these books from the Bad Guys series Highwaymen discusses the romantic legends and sordid facts of the highway robbery trade The book spotlights colorful figures such as Mary Frith Moll Cutpurse and William Nevison the Yorkshire Rogue as well as other English robbers of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries One notable French highwayman is covered and the book ends with an American Joseph Hare Swindlers traces the concept of cheating to the biblical story of Jacob and Esau but focuses on historical personages such as William Henry Ireland an English forger of Shakespearean plays Soapy Smith a con artist of the American West and Joseph Yellow Kid Weil a swindler on a grand scale Well written and well designed both books are illustrated with reproductions of period artwork documents and photographs Appended are source notes glossaries bibliographies and lists of Web sites as well as short lists of nonfiction and fiction books Carolyn PhelanCopyright American Library Association All rights reserved Review The authorsticks to the facts and colorful details rendering simultaneously entertaining and informative reading School Library Journal January 2002Well written and well designed both books are illustrated with reproductions of period artwork documents and photographs Booklist January 2002.