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  • Atrocity on the Atlantic

    Attack on a Hospital Ship During the Great War

    de Nate Hendley ...
    Finalist, 2025 Brass Knuckles Award for Best Nonfiction Crime Book • Honourable Mention, Keith Matthews Best Book Award presented by Canadian Nautical Research SocietyHow a German submarine sank a Canadian military hospital ship during the First World War and sparked outrage.On the evening of June 27, 1918, the Llandovery Castle — an unarmed, clearly marked hospital ship used by the Canadian ... Leer más

    $9.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • The Beatle Bandit

    A Serial Bank Robber's Deadly Heist, a Cross-Country Manhunt, and the Insanity Plea that Shook the Nation

    de Nate Hendley ...
    **The sensational true story of how a bank robber killed a man in a wild shootout, sparking a national debate around gun control and the death penalty.WINNER of the 2022 Brass Knuckles Award for Best Nonfiction Crime Book**On July 24, 1964, twenty-four-year-old Matthew Kerry Smith disguised himself with a mask and a Beatle wig, hoisted a semi-automatic rifle, then held up a bank in North York, ... Leer más

    $8.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • The Boy on the Bicycle

    A Forgotten Case of Wrongful Conviction in Toronto

    de Nate Hendley ...
    On the night of September 15, 1956, a seven-year-old child was murdered on the deserted grounds of the Canadian National Exhibition (CNE) in Toronto. The main suspect was a teenage boy seen near the crime scene on a bicycle.Toronto police arrested Ron Moffatt, a fourteen-year-old former CNE employee who vaguely fit the description of the suspect. During a tough interrogation, Ron falsely confessed ... Leer más

    $8.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Edwin Alonzo Boyd

    Life and Crimes of Canada's Master Bank Robber

    de Nate Hendley ...
    Series series Amazing Stories
    Edwin Boyd woke up, rolled out of bed, and got ready to rob his first bank. He began his preparations by disguising himself. He shoved wads of cotton into his cheeks and nostrils, smeared black mascara on his eyebrows, and rubbed rouge on his cheeks.This book will be especially fascinating for all readers interested in: history, biography, true crime. Toronto's dashing "Gentleman Bank Robber" was ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD

  • Steven Truscott

    Decades of Injustice

    de Nate Hendley ...
    Steven Truscott was fourteen years old in 1959 when an Ontario court sentenced him to hang for a brutal murder he didn’t commit.In June 1959, the dead body of a missing twelve-year-old girl named Lynne Harper was found in a woodlot in Clinton, Ontario, a small community near a military base.Police zeroed in on Steven Truscott, a fourteen-year-old classmate who gave Lynne a bike ride the night she ... Leer más

    $8.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • The Big Con

    Great Hoaxes, Frauds, Grifts, and Swindles in American History

    de Nate Hendley ...
    This book examines a broad range of infamous scams, cons, swindles, and hoaxes throughout American history—and considers why human gullibility continues in an age of easy access to information.Covering American cons and hoaxes past and present, including the Great Moon Hoax of 1835, the controversy over "subliminal messaging" (do bands, filmmakers, and advertisers really put secret messages in ... Leer más

    $89.99 USD

  • Al Capone

    Chicago's King of Crime

    de Nate Hendley ...
    Chicago mob legend Al Capone set the template for future crime bosses, offering a cautionary tale about the pitfalls of being an underworld leader.Al Capone could have pursued an honest career and quiet life with his wife and son. Instead, he chose to become a towering mob boss in Chicago, overseeing an underworld empire based on bootlegging, gambling, prostitution, and other rackets.Quick to ... Leer más

    $8.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Dutch Schultz

    The Brazen Beer Baron of New York

    de Nate Hendley ...
    While uncouth, unpredictable, and unpopular with his mob peers, ruthless gang boss Dutch Schultz was also wildly successful — for a time.Gang boss Dutch Schultz rose to prominence in the 1920s using violent means to peddle low-quality bootleg beer in New York City. When Prohibition ended, Schultz diversified into other rackets, becoming fantastically wealthy in the process.Playing by his own rules ... Leer más

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  • American Gangsters, Then and Now

    An Encyclopedia

    de Nate Hendley ...
    A detailed compendium of American gangsters and gangs from the end of the Civil War to the present day.American Gangsters, Then and Now: An Encyclopedia ranges from Western outlaws revered as Robin Hoods to the Depression's flamboyant bootleggers and bank robbers to the late 20th century's drug kingpins and "Dapper Dons." It is the first comprehensive resource on the gangster's historical ... Leer más

    $89.99 USD

  • The Mafia

    A Guide to an American Subculture

    de Nate Hendley ...
    Series series Guides to Subcultures and Countercultures
    Based on original sources and research, not legends and myth, this book presents a lively, in-depth analysis of how the American Mafia epitomizes organized crime.Whether it's supplying illicit drugs, alcohol during Prohibition, gambling, prostitution, or even loans to those with bad credit, the Mafia has established itself as a part of the fabric of American society, politics, and economics for ... Leer más

    $60.99 USD

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    Atrocity on the Atlantic

    Attack on a Hospital Ship During the Great War

    de Nate Hendley ...
    Narrado por Adam Barr ...

    Completo

    7 hora 1 minutos

    How a German submarine sank a Canadian military hospital ship during the First World War and sparked outrage.On the evening of June 27, 1918, the Llandovery Castle—an unarmed, clearly marked hospital ship used by the Canadian military—was torpedoed off the Irish Coast by U-Boat 86, a German submarine.Sinking hospital ships violated international law. To conceal his actions, the U-86 commander had ... Leer más

    $19.99 USD

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    The Beatle Bandit

    A Serial Bank Robber's Deadly Heist, a Cross-Country Manhunt, and the Insanity Plea that Shook the Nation

    de Nate Hendley ...
    Narrado por David Marantz ...

    Completo

    6 hora 14 minutos

    The sensational true story of how a bank robber killed a man in a wild shootout, sparking a national debate around gun control and the death penalty.On July 24, 1964, twenty-four-year-old Matthew Kerry Smith disguised himself with a mask and a Beatle wig, hoisted a semi-automatic rifle, then held up a bank in North York, Ontario.The intelligent but troubled son of a businessman and mentally ill ... Leer más

    $19.99 USD