Research Catalog

Title

• American gangsters, then and now : an encyclopedia / Nate Hendley.

Author

Hendley, Nate

Publication

Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, c2010.

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Details

Description

xvi, 275 p. : ill., ports.; 26 cm.

Summary

American Gangsters, Then and Now: An Encyclopedia ranges from Western outlaws revered as Robin Hoods to the Depression's flamboyant bootleggers and bank robbers to the late 20th century's drug kingpins and "Dapper Dons." It is the first comprehensive resource on the gangster's historical evolution and unshakable grip on the American imagination. American Gangsters, Then and Now tells the stories of a number of famous gangsters and gangs Jesse James and Billy the Kid, the Black Hand, Al Capone, Sonny Barger and the Hell's Angels, the Mafia, Crips and Bloods, and more. Avoiding sensationalism, the straightforward entries include biographical portraits and historical background for each subject, as well as accounts of infamous robberies, killings, and other events, all well documented with both archival newspapers and extensive research into the files of the FBI. Readers will understand the families, the places, and the times that produced these monumental criminals, as well as the public mindset that often found them sympathetic and heroic.

Subjects

• Encyclopedias
• Organized crime > United States > Encyclopedias
• Gangsters > United States > Encyclopedias

Genre/Form

Encyclopedias

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

ISBN

• 0313354510
• 9780313354519

OCLC

422757449

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library