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Verne Sankey

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Author : Timothy W. Bjorkman
language : en
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Release Date : 2016-10-19

Verne Sankey written by Timothy W. Bjorkman and has been published by University of Oklahoma Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-10-19 with Biography & Autobiography categories.

In late January of 1934, as authorities delivered John Dillinger to an Indiana jail, the United States Justice Department announced, for the first time, that the Federal Bureau of Investigation had just captured America’s Public Enemy No. 1. It was not Dillinger the Justice Department was referring to, but an affable railroader turned outlaw, Verne Sankey. Now Timothy W. Bjorkman has written the first full-length biography of this overlooked criminal, relating how a South Dakota family man became a bootlegger, a bank robber, and eventually, a kidnapper whose deeds heralded a nationwide crime spree. In the early days of Prohibition, Sankey, then a locomotive engineer, was drawn to the easy money he could make bootlegging. When crime syndicates monopolized the trade and Prohibition’s end was in sight, he turned to the occasional bank robbery and eventually to a ransom scheme. In tracing the life of Sankey—and his demure wife, Fern—Bjorkman depicts a good-natured man, friendly neighbor, and gentleman rumrunner catering to the banker and broker trade. He also explores Sankey’s motivations, his identification as America’s first Public Enemy, and his ultimate descent into oblivion. Verne Sankey: America’s First Public Enemy is a riveting narrative set amid the Great Depression. Bjorkman’s research painstakingly reveals the life of Verne Sankey and his times, delving into the intriguing story of the family of his kidnapping victim, Charles Boettcher II, and the stark contrast between wealth and poverty during some of America’s most harrowing days.

Verne Sankey

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Author : Timothy W. Bjorkman
language : en
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Release Date : 2016-10-19

Verne Sankey written by Timothy W. Bjorkman and has been published by University of Oklahoma Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-10-19 with Biography & Autobiography categories.

In late January of 1934, as authorities delivered John Dillinger to an Indiana jail, the United States Justice Department announced, for the first time, that the Federal Bureau of Investigation had just captured America’s Public Enemy No. 1. It was not Dillinger the Justice Department was referring to, but an affable railroader turned outlaw, Verne Sankey. Now Timothy W. Bjorkman has written the first full-length biography of this overlooked criminal, relating how a South Dakota family man became a bootlegger, a bank robber, and eventually, a kidnapper whose deeds heralded a nationwide crime spree. In the early days of Prohibition, Sankey, then a locomotive engineer, was drawn to the easy money he could make bootlegging. When crime syndicates monopolized the trade and Prohibition’s end was in sight, he turned to the occasional bank robbery and eventually to a ransom scheme. In tracing the life of Sankey—and his demure wife, Fern—Bjorkman depicts a good-natured man, friendly neighbor, and gentleman rumrunner catering to the banker and broker trade. He also explores Sankey’s motivations, his identification as America’s first Public Enemy, and his ultimate descent into oblivion. Verne Sankey: America’s First Public Enemy is a riveting narrative set amid the Great Depression. Bjorkman’s research painstakingly reveals the life of Verne Sankey and his times, delving into the intriguing story of the family of his kidnapping victim, Charles Boettcher II, and the stark contrast between wealth and poverty during some of America’s most harrowing days.

Wrong Side Of The Law

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Author : Edward Butts
language : en
Publisher: Dundurn
Release Date : 2013-07-27

Wrong Side Of The Law written by Edward Butts and has been published by Dundurn this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-07-27 with True Crime categories.

No matter where the atrocities were committed and no matter what the circumstances, criminal gangs such as the Hyslop, the Polka Dot, and the Newton Brothers outfits all had one thing in common: they lived on the wrong side of the law. From across Canada, Edward Butts presents an all-new selection of desperadoes.

The Canadian National Record For Swine

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1920

The Canadian National Record For Swine written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1920 with Swine categories.

Colorado Heritage

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1994

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South Dakota History

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007

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Literary Digest A Repository Of Contemporaneous Thought And Research As Presented In The Periodical Literature Of The World

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Author : Edward Jewitt Wheeler
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1935

Literary Digest A Repository Of Contemporaneous Thought And Research As Presented In The Periodical Literature Of The World written by Edward Jewitt Wheeler and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1935 with categories.

Digest Review Of Reviews Incorporating Literary Digest

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language : en
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Ransom Kidnapping In America 1874 1974

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Author : Ernest Kahlar Alix
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1978

Ransom Kidnapping In America 1874 1974 written by Ernest Kahlar Alix and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1978 with Criminal law categories.

Relatively unknown in this country before 1874, when the first ransom kidnapping as we know it took place, the incidence of the crime has since burgeoned to a recorded number of some 1,700 cases. In 1874, the act constituted a crime only in a handful of jurisdictions, and in those states the maximum penalty was seven years imprisonment. Subsequent laws, and the making of the act a federal capital crime in the 1930s when the Lindbergh kidnapping outraged public sentiment, evolved slowly, the author of this unusually interesting work shows.In this first attempt to bring together and analyze all known sociological and historical information on this important segment of American crime and crime control, Ernest K. Alix dispels the myth of the importance of the Lindbergh case in changing attitudes and establishing social values. Not even the evolving laws, Alix contends, were the direct reflection of the will of the majority. Second, the entire subject has been prone to error and ideological misinterpretation which only a close examination of the facts and a careful interpretation of the results can overcome.The importance of the work lies in its integrated treatment of crime and law. It will be invaluable to students and professionals in allied fields."

Encyclopedia Of World Crime S Z Supplements

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1989

Encyclopedia Of World Crime S Z Supplements written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with Cant categories.