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Author Canavan, Kathryn, author.

Title True crime Philadelphia : from America's first bank robbery to the real-life killers who inspired Boardwalk empire / Kathryn Canavan.

Publication Info. Guilford, Connecticut : Lyons Press, [2021]

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 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  364.9748 CANAVAN    Check Shelf
Description xi, 251 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Lillian Reis : so sexy she was arrested for doing the twist fully-clothed -- The maid did it -- Willie Sutton, the making of a folk hero -- Self-made widows -- The six Philadelphia brothers fictionalized on Boardwalk empire -- The prison where Al Capone was a file clerk -- The most sensational robbery in Philadelphia history -- Philly during Prohibition : wet as the Atlantic Ocean -- H.H. Holmes meets the hangman here -- America's first kidnapping -- The assassination of Octavius v. Catto -- The muffled murder on Pine Street -- Anton Probst : one of America's first serial killers -- The Bible riots : Catholics vs. Protestants -- The nation's first bank robbery -- The fatal witch hunt during the 1787 Constitutional Convention.
Summary "A tour through Philadelphia that highlights the locations within each neighborhood where crime occurred"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Crime -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History.
Criminals -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Biography.
Philadelphia (Pa.) -- History.
Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Biography.
Crime. (OCoLC)fst00882984
Criminals. (OCoLC)fst00883516
Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. (OCoLC)fst01204170
Genre/Form Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Other Form: Online version: Canavan, Kathryn. True crime Philadelphia Guilford, Connecticut : Lyons Press, [2021] 9781493036165 (DLC) 2021017898
ISBN 9781493036158 hardcover
1493036157 hardcover
9781493036165 electronic publication
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