Title The Encyclopedia of the FBI's Ten Most Wanted List : Over Fifty Years of Convicts, Robbers, Terrorists, and Other Rogues.

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New York : Skyhorse Publishing, Incorporated, 2014.

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Description	1 online resource (914 pages)
Note	Print version record.
Contents	Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Fugitives of the 1950s; Fugitives of the 1960s; Fugitives of the 1970s; Fugitives of the 1980s; Fugitives of the 1990s; Appendix I: Most Wanted Since 2000; Appendix II: The Current Top Ten; Selected Bibliography.
Summary	In 1949, a crime reporter looking for a way to fill a column published the nation's ten worst criminals as classified by the FBI: two accused murderers, four escaped convicts, a bank robber, and three?confidence men." In addition to the stark black and white photos that accompanied the article, the public was most moved by the idea that law enforcement was asking them for help. Fired up by the gesture of confidence, Americans banded together to wholeheartedly support the motion, leading to tips that helped facilitate the capture of the advertised criminals. Some of those on the list even.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subject	United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation.
	United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation. (OCoLC)fst00528882
	Criminals -- United States -- Portraits.
	Criminals -- United States -- Biography.
	Fugitives from justice -- United States -- Portraits.
	Fugitives from justice -- United States -- Biography.
	Criminals -- United States -- Biography.
	Criminals -- United States -- Portraits.
	Fugitives from justice -- United States -- Portraits.
	United States. -- Federal bureau of investigation.
	TRUE CRIME -- Murder -- General.
	SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Criminology.
	Criminals. (OCoLC)fst00883516
	Fugitives from justice. (OCoLC)fst00935947
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Genre/Form	Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
	Electronic books.
	Portraits. (OCoLC)fst01423831
	Electronic books.
Other Form:	Print version: Swierczynski, Duane. Encyclopedia of the FBI's Ten Most Wanted List : Over Fifty Years of Convicts, Robbers, Terrorists, and Other Rogues. New York : Skyhorse Publishing, Inc., ©2014 9781626365469
ISBN	9781628739060 (electronic bk.)
	1628739061 (electronic bk.)

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