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| Author | : Alvin Karpis |
| Publisher | : New York : Coward, McCann & Geoghegan |
| Total Pages | : 256 |
| Release | : 1971 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9784871873338 |
"Alvin Karpis was released from prison in December, 1968, on extradition parole to Canada, having served thirty-three years of a life sentence he received for the kidnapping of William Hamm, Jr., of the Hamm Breweries in Minneapolis-St. Paul. Over a period of a year, Karpis (with co-author Bill Trent), taped his vivid memories of a remarkable life in thirties crime, of his friendships with the pantheon of professional criminals, and of his prolonged pursuit by J. Edgar Hoover and the FBI."--Page [4 of cover].
| Author | : Deborah Frethem |
| Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 157 |
| Release | : 2020-09-28 |
| Genre | : True Crime |
| ISBN | : 1439671303 |
“The St. Paul of the gangster era springs vividly to life again . . . A captivating glimpse into a shadowy era in the city’s history.” —Community Reporter From their home base in Minnesota, the Karpis-Barker Gang cut a swath of crime and terror across the Midwest in the early 1930s. They kidnapped two important businessmen and held them for exorbitant ransoms. They stole payrolls and robbed banks as the bullets flew. Corrupt police and wily crime bosses helped Alvin Karpis and the Barker brothers Freddie and Doc every step of the way. Who were these men and women? What made them into killers and kidnappers? How did their reckless lifestyles lead to their downfall? From Ma Barker to Volney Davis to Edna Murray the Kissing Bandit, authors Deborah Frethem and Cynthia Schreiner Smith delve into the crimes, personalities and motivations of one of the most successful and infamous gangs in American history.
| Author | : Alvin Karpis |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 306 |
| Release | : 1988 |
| Genre | : Prisoners |
| ISBN | : |
| Author | : John Fleury |
| Publisher | : BookCaps Study Guides |
| Total Pages | : 93 |
| Release | : |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : |
★★★ The Original Public Enemy of the F.B.I. ★★★ Before John Dillinger, Pretty Boy Floyd, and Baby Face Nelson made the term "Public Enemy" famous, there was Alvin Karpis--one of the ruthless leaders of the Barker-Karpis gang. It was him that J. Edgar Hoover first thought worthy of the title Public Enemy In a page-turning style, this true crime book traces his criminal origins from his young days as a bootlegger to his ultimate demise.
| Author | : Paul Maccabee |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 392 |
| Release | : 1995 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : |
Traces the history of crime in St. Paul, Minnesota, from 1920 to 1936, describing specific incidents, profiling criminals, victims, and law enforcement officials, and looking at places where criminal activity occurred.
| Author | : Chris Enss |
| Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
| Total Pages | : 241 |
| Release | : 2016-10-05 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : 1493025864 |
Was Arizona Donnie Clark, AKA Kate “Ma” Barker the mastermind behind the Barker gang terrorizing the Midwest during the early years of the great Depression? Or was she a terrible mother who urged her sons to criminal behavior for her own financial gain? Or does the truth lie somewhere in between. This lively retelling of the legend of Ma Barker and her boys is full of action, intrigue, and the answers to mysteries that have lingered for more than 70 years.
| Author | : Bryan Burrough |
| Publisher | : Penguin |
| Total Pages | : 644 |
| Release | : 2009-04-29 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 110103274X |
In Public Enemies, bestselling author Bryan Burrough strips away the thick layer of myths put out by J. Edgar Hoover’s FBI to tell the full story—for the first time—of the most spectacular crime wave in American history, the two-year battle between the young Hoover and the assortment of criminals who became national icons: John Dillinger, Machine Gun Kelly, Bonnie and Clyde, Baby Face Nelson, Pretty Boy Floyd, and the Barkers. In an epic feat of storytelling and drawing on a remarkable amount of newly available material on all the major figures involved, Burrough reveals a web of interconnections within the vast American underworld and demonstrates how Hoover’s G-men overcame their early fumbles to secure the FBI’s rise to power.
| Author | : W. D. Smith |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 402 |
| Release | : 2016-07-22 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9781945172786 |
The Barker-Karpis gang was one of the Depression Era's most ruthless, operated throughout the Midwestern U.S. from Missouri into the Dakotas. They were largely unnoticed as the public's attention was fixed upon the more familiar "celebrity" gangsters of the day such as the Barrow gang, John Dillinger, Charles "Pretty Boy" Floyd, and others. The Barker boys, with their mother tagging along for the ride, and their partner Alvin Karpis, robbed banks and engaged in two major kidnappings before finally being stopped in a bloody four-hour gun battle with Hoover's Federal agents at a cottage in Oklawaha, Florida, on the shore of Lake Weir, on January 16, 1935. This is their story.
| Author | : Gary D. Courtney |
| Publisher | : AuthorHouse |
| Total Pages | : 366 |
| Release | : 2008 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : 1425995888 |
Carl Janaway - The Smartest Bandit of the Cookson Hills Last Surviving Bank Robber of the 1930's, Builder of getaway cars for "Pretty Boy" Floyd, Nursemaid to Al Capone in Alcatraz Prison. by Gary D. Courtney The life, times, and character of one of the most elusive gangsters of the 1930's era, who survived by going straight after prison and becoming an upstanding citizen. Based upon the author's month-long museum exhibit of Carl Janaway's possessions and story, which filled the John Vaughn Library lobby at Northeastern State University. Famous Sheriff Grover Bishop, who killed more men (17) than Wyatt Earp, chased Carl Janaway over 3,000 miles, and couldn't catch him. Carl's wife was also a bank robber, called the "Blonde Bandit", of rough and rowdy Vian, Oklahoma. Janaway spent time in Alcatraz Prison with some of the deadliest gangsters of the time.
| Author | : Ellen Poulsen |
| Publisher | : Clinton Cook Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2002 |
| Genre | : Bank robberies |
| ISBN | : 9780971720008 |
A history of the female companions of the Great Depression's bank-robbing gang examines the legacy of the Dillinger women, using eyewitness and descants' accounts as well as courtroom and prison records.
