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Barcode34444002733681
Circ StatusAvailable
LibraryBeaver Falls
TitleA gentleman and a thief : the daring jewel heists of a Jazz Age rogue / Dean Jobb.
AuthorJobb, Dean, 1958- author.
Call No364.162092 Jobb
CollectionNon-Fiction
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Catalog Details

International Standard Book Number 9781643752839 (hardcover)
International Standard Book Number 1643752839 (hardcover)
Personal Name Jobb, Dean, 1958- author.
Title Statement A gentleman and a thief : the daring jewel heists of a Jazz Age rogue / Dean Jobb.
Edition Statement First edition.
Imprint Chapel Hill, North Carolina : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2024.
Physical Description 432 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Bibliography, Etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (pages 338-422) and index.
Formatted Contents Note A note to readers -- Prologue: Prince charming -- I: 'A grand life'. The courier -- A 'big-timer' -- First-aid man -- The long watch -- II: The ladder burglar. Second-story man -- A simple assault -- All that glitters -- Clients -- American rifles -- III: Gentleman thief. Cosden and Mountbatten. The Plaza pearls -- The great retriever -- Nightlife plunger -- Anna Blake -- IV: Prince of thieves. A scholarly cop -- The phantom -- 'Well-mannered bandits' -- The Rockefeller gems -- 'That slender rioutous island' -- The masterpiece -- V: The reckoning. The trap -- Owning up -- Only high-class work -- Up the river -- Sing sing -- VI: The fugitive. Breakout -- Refuge -- Mr. and Mrs. Toner -- The eaglet -- VII: A most dangerous criminal. Lindbergh suspect -- Celebrity crook - A fair trial -- 'My life of love and fear' -- VIII: Redemption. Hard time -- 'No dice' -- 'Easy come, easy go' -- An honest man -- Epilogue: Uncle Artie -- Acknowledgments -- Arthur Barry's major heists -- Notes on sources and endnotes -- Index.
Summary, Etc. A captivating true-crime caper about Arthur Barry, a jewel thief who charmed celebrities and millionaires, stole from Rockefellers and royalty, and pulled off the most audacious and lucrative heists of the Jazz Age.
Subject-Personal Name Barry, Arthur.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Jewel thieves United States Biography.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Escapes United States History 20th century.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Jewelry theft United States History 20th century.
Index Term-Genre/Form Biographies.
Index Term-Genre/Form True crime stories.