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The Greatest Heist Stories Ever Told

The Greatest Heist Stories Ever Told

Tom McCarthy

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Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group Inc
Año de edición:
2019
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Historia de América
ISBN:
9781493039982
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Crime does pay. At least for a while.You’ll see that quickly in these nine compelling and true stories of brilliant plans and guile. The thieves awaiting you seem to have it all. They are clever, cool, and determined with icy resolve. It took a lot of guts and nerves of steel to do what they did and not fold under the pressure. After all, if those hard-wrought plans had failed, they would have had plenty of time to think about what went wrong in prison.Hijack an airplane, demand a ransom and two parachutes, then disappear? Invent a device that allows you to record the combination of any bank vault, then break into bank vaults twice? Steal from a secret mob depository run by a boss known for his brutality? Rob a small-town bank in midday and ride off without a second thought? Piece of cake.The Greatest Heists Stories Ever Told will allow readers to appreciate the efforts that go into a truly magnificent heist. It is a celebration of stunning, well-planned and audacious capers that left police and armies of investigators looking for answers and scratching their heads. Among the stories included are:The Lufthansa HeistThe Northfield Bank RobberyThe Last Good HeistHijack! DB Cooper’s Great Escapeand many others

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