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Author Bledsoe, Erin, author.

Title The Forty Elephants / Erin Bledsoe.

Publication Info. Ashland, OR : Blackstone Publishing, 2022.
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Location Call No. Status
 East Hartford, Raymond Library - Adult New Materials  F BLEDSOE ERIN    Check Shelf
 South Windsor Public Library - Large Print Materials  LP BLEDSOE    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description 299 pages ; 24 cm
Summary In 1920s London, pickpocket Alice Diamond scrambles to survive in her gritty neighborhood. With her father in prison and her brother in debt to a crime syndicate, she struggles to protect her father's territory. Recruited by Mary Carr, Alice joins a female gang, the Forty Elephants, and tastes success. But it's not long before she wants more--no matter the cost.
Note "Inspired by the true story of Alice Diamond and the Forty Elephants, the first all-female gang of London"--Cover.
Subject Diamond, Alice, 1896-1952 -- Fiction.
Female gangs -- Fiction.
Female offenders -- Fiction.
Shoplifting -- Fiction.
Organized crime -- Fiction.
Criminals -- Fiction.
Nineteen twenties -- Fiction.
London (England) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.
Criminals. (OCoLC)fst00883516
Female gangs. (OCoLC)fst00922619
Female offenders. (OCoLC)fst00922629
Nineteen twenties. (OCoLC)fst01037835
Organized crime. (OCoLC)fst01047884
Shoplifting. (OCoLC)fst01116876
England -- London. (OCoLC)fst01204271
Chronological Term 1900-1999
Genre/Form Biographical fiction. (OCoLC)fst01726537
Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
Historical fiction. (OCoLC)fst01726640
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Historical fiction.
Biographical fiction.
Added Title 40 elephants
ISBN 1665019891 (hardcover)
9781665019897 (hardcover)
9798200924035
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