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A gentleman and a thief the daring jewel heists of a Jazz Age rogue

"A captivating true-crime caper about Arthur Barry, a jewel thief who charmed celebrities and millionaires, stole from Rockefellers and royalty, and pulled off the most audacious and lucrative heists of the Jazz Age"--

Main Author: Jobb, Dean, 1958- (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: Chapel Hill, North Carolina : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2024.
Edition: First edition.
Subjects:
Gross, Donald tribute.
Barry, Arthur.
Jewel thieves > United States > Biography.
Jewelry theft > United States > History > 20th century.
Escapes > United States > History > 20th century.
Biographies.
True crime stories.
Summary: "A captivating true-crime caper about Arthur Barry, a jewel thief who charmed celebrities and millionaires, stole from Rockefellers and royalty, and pulled off the most audacious and lucrative heists of the Jazz Age"--
Physical Description: 432 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 338-422) and index.
ISBN: 9781643752839
1643752839
Author Notes: Dean Jobb is the author of The Case of the Murderous Dr. Cream , winner of the inaugural CrimeCon CLUE Award for true crime book of the year and longlisted for the American Library Association's Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction. His previous books include Empire of Deception , which the New York Times Book Review called "intoxicating and impressively researched" and the Chicago Writers Association named the Nonfiction Book of the Year. Esquire magazine has hailed him as "a master of narrative nonfiction." Jobb has written for major newspapers and magazines, including the Chicago Tribune and Toronto's Globe and Mail and his monthly true crime column, "Stranger Than Fiction," appears in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine . He is a professor at the University of King's College in Halifax, Nova Scotia, where he teaches in the Master of Fine Arts in Creative Nonfiction program.

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