A history of heists : bank robbery in America / Jerry Clark and Ed Palattella.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Clark, Jerry, 1960- author.

Palattella, Ed, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bank robberies--United States--History.

Bank robberies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (263 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2015]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

<span><span>As long as the United States has banks, robbers will try to steal from them. </span><span style=""font-style:italic;"">A History of Heists</span><span> details trends in bank robbery, including</span><span style=""font-style:italic;""> </span><span>how advances in law enforcement and security have foiled many bandits. The ostensible goal of every bank robbery is to get the money, but it is a crime that often has a strong hold on the popular imagination.</span></span>

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Breaking In; 2 The Original Outlaw; 3 Robbery on the Range; 4 The G-Men Get Guns; 5 Marquee Mayhem; 6 Lone Wolves; 7 Countercultural Chaos; 8 Striking Back, Striking Big; 9 Robbery and Reverberations; Afterword; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index; About the Authors

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

979-82-16-31991-7

1-4422-3546-2

OCLC:

913956429