Gangland : robbers / James Morton & Susanna Lobez.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Morton, James, author.

Lobez, Susanna, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Thieves--Australia--History.

Thieves.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (205 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Carlton, Victoria : Victory Books, 2016.

Summary:

Robbers have always seen themselves as the cream of the underworld, at the top of the criminal aristocracy, both in and out of prison. Gangland Robbers follows the stories of the men and women who go to great lengths to organise heists which, if all goes well, will keep them in luxury for many years, if not for life. If their plans fail, then often it is another sort of life. Bestselling Gangland authors Morton and Lobez cover the best stories of the past 200 years: from the tunnel-digging burglary of the Bank of Australia in 1828 through to the hold-ups of the bushrangers; Squizzy Taylor and his crew; the train robbers of the 1930s; Jockey Smith; 'Mad Dog' Cox; the ill-fated Victorian Bookie Robbery, as well as the less well-known 'Angel of Death', 'The Pushbike Bandit' and 'The Gentleman Bandit'. Gangland Robbers explores the lives--their own and others--that these bandits ruined, those who went to the gallows, and the very few who redeemed themselves.

Contents:

Intro

Title

Copyright

Contents

Introduction

1 To Greed From Necessity: The Last of the Bushrangers

2 Early Days

3 Sailing Away

4 Jewey Freeman and Shiner Ryan Raise the Bar

5 Squizzy Taylor's Cohorts

6 Between the Wars

7 The Great Train Robbers

8 Death and the Ginger Game

9 When Thieves Fall Out

10 A Handful of Professionals

11 Cashing In

12 Bonnies and Clydes

13 The Independents

14 Death on the Job

15 Home Invasions

16 There'll Be Some Changes Made

Notes

Acknowledgements

Select Bibliography

Index

Photo Section.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780522870268

0522870260

OCLC:

951465876