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Professional Criminals of America: From Gilded Age New York

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Originally written in 1886, Professional Criminals of America contains biographical sketches, including photographs, of over four hundred of the nation's leading criminals. Each profile details the crimes committed and the circumstances leading up to arrest and conviction. Thomas Byrnes is credited with popularizing the term 'rogues gallery, ' and for both good and ill, according to the New York Times, Byrnes "shaped not just the New York City Detective Bureau, but the template for detective work...in every modern American ...

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Professional Criminals of America: From Gilded Age New York 2019, Lyons Press

ISBN-13: 9781493041961

Hardcover