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100 1  Stannard, Brian,|eauthor. 
245 10 Alcatraz ghost story :|bRoy Gardner's amazing train 
       robberies, escapes, and lifelong love /|cBrian Stannard. 
246 30 Roy Gardner's amazing train robberies, escapes, and 
       lifelong love 
264  1 New York, NY:|bSkyhorse Publishing,|c[2024] 
300    xviii, 245 pages :|billustrations ;|c24 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references. 
520    "Before the 1920s found their roar, a charismatic gambling
       addict named Roy Gardner dominated news headlines with 
       daring train robberies and escapes from incarceration. 
       Nicknamed "the Smiling Bandit," Gardner spilled no blood--
       except his own--as he cut a felonious path across the 
       western United States, as the country hobbled through a 
       recession in the aftermath of the First World War. Once 
       imprisoned for the long term in federal prisons, including
       Alcatraz, the most notorious prison's second-most-
       notorious inmate won over some unlikely champions. Both 
       Gardner's wife, Dollie, and a police officer who once 
       arrested him launched extensive campaigns for Gardner's 
       release on the vaudeville circuit, claiming a brain 
       operation would cure his lawless ways. Was Gardner a good 
       man who made bad decisions as the victim of injury and 
       circumstance? Or was his charming personality merely the 
       poker face of a scoundrel? Richly researched, drawing on 
       contemporary newspaper accounts, Alcatraz Ghost Story 
       explores the life of Roy Gardner in the context of his 
       great love story and the larger backdrop of drug addiction,
       incarceration, and the racial and labor violence of the 
       1920s and 1930s"--|cProvided by publisher. 
520    "The Incredible True Story of the Most Hunted Man in 
       Pacific Coast History--and the Woman He Loved Before the 
       1920s found their roar, a charismatic gambling addict 
       named Roy Gardner dominated news headlines with daring 
       train robberies and escapes from incarceration. Nicknamed 
       "the Smiling Bandit," Gardner spilled no blood--except his
       own--as he cut a felonious path across the western United 
       States, as the country hobbled through a recession in the 
       aftermath of the First World War. Once imprisoned for the 
       long term in federal prisons, including Alcatraz, the most
       notorious prison's second-most-notorious inmate won over 
       some unlikely champions. Both Gardner's wife, Dollie, and 
       a police officer who once arrested him launched extensive 
       campaigns for Gardner's release on the vaudeville circuit,
       claiming a brain operation would cure his lawless ways. 
       Was Gardner a good man who made bad decisions as the 
       victim of injury and circumstance? Or was his charming 
       personality merely the poker face of a scoundrel? Richly 
       researched, drawing on contemporary newspaper accounts, 
       Alcatraz Ghost Story explores the life of Roy Gardner in 
       the context of his great love story and the larger 
       backdrop of drug addiction, incarceration, and the racial 
       and labor violence of the 1920s and 1930s"--|cProvided by 
       publisher. 
600 10 Gardner, Roy,|d1884 or 1886-1940. 
600 17 Gardner, Roy,|d1884 or 1886-1940.|2fast
       |0(OCoLC)fst01819907 
650  0 Criminals|zUnited States|vBiography. 
650  0 Outlaws|zUnited States|vBiography. 
650  0 Escaped prisoners|zUnited States|vBiography. 
650  7 TRUE CRIME / Heists & Robberies.|2bisacsh 
650  7 HISTORY / United States / State & Local / West (AK, CA, CO,
       HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)|2bisacsh 
650  7 Criminals.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00883516 
650  7 Outlaws.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01049233 
651  7 United States.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01204155 
655  7 Biographies.|2lcgft 
655  7 Biographies.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01919896 
655  7 True crime stories.|2lcgft 
776 08 |iOnline version:|aStannard, Brian.|tAlcatraz ghost story
       |dNew York, NY: Skyhorse Publishing, [2024]|z9781510778252
       |w(DLC)  2023052919 
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