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Record Nr.

UNINA9910798525103321

Autore

Kazanjian Howard

Titolo

Ma Barker : America's most wanted mother / / Howard Kazanjian and Chris Enss

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Guilford, Connecticut ; ; Helena, Montana : , : TwoDot, , 2017

©2017

ISBN

1-4930-2586-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (241 p.)

Disciplina

364.1092273

Soggetti

Criminals - United States

Outlaws - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

_GoBack; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; CHAPTER ONE Brains of the Operation; CHAPTER TWO Ruthless and Daring; CHAPTER THREE The Firstborn; CHAPTER FOUR Losing Lloyd; CHAPTER FIVE Public Enemy; CHAPTER SIX Murder in Wisconsin; CHAPTER SEVEN Careless Crimes; CHAPTER EIGHT Pleasing Ma; CHAPTER NINE Dangerous Criminals; CHAPTER TEN Gunfight at Lake Weir; CHAPTER ELEVEN Waiting for a Grave; CHAPTER TWELVE End of an Era; Diary of a G-Man; Barker Aliases and Addresses; Crimes Committed by the Barkers; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the Authors

Sommario/riassunto

Was Arizona Donnie Clark, AKA Kate "Ma" Barker the mastermind behind the Barker gang terrorizing the Midwest during the early years of the great Depression? Or was she a terrible mother who urged her sons to criminal behavior for her own financial gain? Or does the truth lie somewhere in between?