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The Great Train Robbery

Author : Michael Crichton
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0307816443
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (78 download)

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Download or read book The Great Train Robbery written by Michael Crichton and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2012-05-14 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Jurassic Park comes classic historical thriller about Victorian London’s most notorious gold heist. London, 1855, when lavish wealth and appalling poverty exist side by side, one mysterious man navigates both worlds with perfect ease. Edward Pierce preys on the most prominent of the well-to-do as he cunningly orchestrates the crime of his century. Who would suspect that a gentleman of breeding could mastermind the extraordinary robbery aboard the pride of England’s industrial era, the mighty steam locomotive? Based on fact, but studded with all the suspense and style of fiction, here is a classic historical thriller, set a decade before the age of dynamite—yet nonetheless explosive…

Great Train Robberies of the Old West

Author : R. Michael Wilson
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1461748488
Total Pages : 177 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (617 download)

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Download or read book Great Train Robberies of the Old West written by R. Michael Wilson and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2006-11-01 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the 1800s trains carried the nation's wealth throughout the east, but no one thought to rob a speeding train until 1866. In 1870 the first western train was robbed in Nevada and within hours a second train was robbed. Railroads made every alteration to their cars and changed every procedure they could imagine to thwart the robbers, but to no avail. Robbing trains became epidemic over the next five decades, even when the legislatures made train robbery a capital crime. A few of the hundreds of train robberies stand out as thrilling and dangerous affairs, and the greatest of these (15-20) are included in this book.

The Last Train Robber

Author : W.C. Jameson
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1493046098
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book The Last Train Robber written by W.C. Jameson and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2020-03-24 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the most colorful parts of American History is the time of train robberies and the daring outlaws who undertook them in the period covering from just after the Civil War to 1924. For decades, the railroads were the principal transporters of payrolls, gold and silver, bonds, and passengers who often carried large sums of money as well as valuable jewelry. For the creative outlaw, trains became an obvious target for robbery. Willis Newton has never enjoyed the recognition and fame of the better known train robbing outlaws such as Frank and Jesse James, Butch Cassidy, the Daltons, and the Doolins, but he was the most prolific and successful train robber in the history of North America. Newton stole more money from the railroads than all of the others put together. During his lifetime, Newton robbed six trains and an estimated eighty banks, pulled off the greatest train robbery ever, netting $3,000,000, yet remains virtually unknown. So unknown was he that, despite all of his success as a robber, he was rarely identified as a suspect. Following his greatest heist, Newton and his gang member, composed of his brothers, were arrested, tried, convicted, and sent to serve long terms at Leavenworth Prison. When they were granted early release for good behavior, they lost no time in returning to robbing banks. Willis Newton’s life and times as America’s greatest, and last, train robber has been gleaned and developed from extensive interviews he granted during the 1970s when he was in his eighties. In addition, newspaper reports of his numerous train and bank robberies have been obtained and researched for precise details of robberies and pursuit.

Wells, Fargo & Co. Stagecoach and Train Robberies, 1870-1884

Author : James B. Hume
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786456248
Total Pages : 283 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book Wells, Fargo & Co. Stagecoach and Train Robberies, 1870-1884 written by James B. Hume and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2010-03-08 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In January 1, 1885, Wells, Fargo & Company's chief detective James B. Hume and special agent John N. Thacker published a report summarizing the company's losses during the previous 14 years. It listed 313 stagecoach robberies, 23 burglaries, and four train robberies but included little or no details of the events themselves, focusing instead on physical descriptions of the robbers. Widely circulated, the report was intended to assist law enforcement in identifying and apprehending the criminals believed still to present a danger to the company. The present volume revisits each crime, updating Hume and Thacker's original report with rich new details culled from local newspapers, personal diary entries, and court records.

Gentleman Train Robber

Author : Stan Sauerwein
Publisher : Heritage House Publishing Co
ISBN 13 : 9781554390496
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (94 download)

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Download or read book Gentleman Train Robber written by Stan Sauerwein and published by Heritage House Publishing Co. This book was released on 2005 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A cunning and formidable opponent of the law, Bill Miner, a.k.a. The Grey Fox, spent half of his life behind bars and the other half planning and executing robberies to fuel his love of fancy clothes and the good life. Described as the master criminal of the west, this dashing thief carried out Canada's first train robbery in 1904.

Peter's Railway the Great Train Robbery

Author : Christopher Vine
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781908897053
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (97 download)

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Download or read book Peter's Railway the Great Train Robbery written by Christopher Vine and published by . This book was released on 2015-06 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Peter, Harry, and Kitty foil a terrible robbery and catch the dangerous villains. Their methods are brave and unconventional, causing much damage and enjoyable mayhem. At the end they are presented with a huge reward!

The Railway Robberies ...

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 24 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Railway Robberies ... written by and published by . This book was released on 1846 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The First Great Train Robbery

Author : David C. Hanrahan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780709090403
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (94 download)

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Download or read book The First Great Train Robbery written by David C. Hanrahan and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In May 1855, the citizens of Victorian Great Britain were shocked to read in their morning edition of The Times that 12,000 pounds worth of gold bars and other valuables had been stolen from a train travelling between London and Paris--without explosives or violence! Who did it and how was a great mystery which was finally solved.

The Robber Barons

Author : Matthew Josephson
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 9780156767903
Total Pages : 496 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (679 download)

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Book Synopsis The Robber Barons by : Matthew Josephson

Download or read book The Robber Barons written by Matthew Josephson and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 1962 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes material on John D. Rockefeller, J. Pierpoint Morgan, Cornelius Vanderbilt, William H. Vanderbilt, Andrew Carnegie, E.H. Harriman, Jay Gould, Jim Fisk, Jay Cooke, Daniel Drew, Henry C. Frick, James J. Hill, Charles M. Schwab, Henry Villard, Standard Oil Company, trusts.

Disclosure

Author : Michael Crichton
Publisher : Ballantine Books
ISBN 13 : 0345539001
Total Pages : 466 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (455 download)

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Download or read book Disclosure written by Michael Crichton and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2012-11-27 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of Jurassic Park, Timeline, and Sphere comes an electrifying thriller in which a shocking accusation of sexual harassment triggers a gripping psychological game of cat and mouse and threatens to derail a brilliant career. #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “A fresh and provocative story.”—People An up-and-coming executive at the computer firm DigiCom, Tom Sanders is a man whose corporate future is certain. But after a closed-door meeting with his new boss—a woman who is his former lover and has been promoted to the position he expected to have—Sanders finds himself caught in a nightmarish web of deceit in which he is branded the villain. As Sanders scrambles to defend himself, he uncovers an electronic trail into the company’s secrets—and begins to grasp that a cynical and manipulative scheme has been devised to bring him down. “Crichton writes superbly. . . . The excitement rises with each page.”—Chicago Tribune “A heart-stop story running on several tracks at once. Disclosure is up to [Crichton’s] usual locomotive speed.”—The Boston Globe “Expertly crafted, ingenious and absorbing.”—The Philadelphia Inquirer

Great Train Robbery Confidential

Author : Graham Satchwell
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0750993464
Total Pages : 215 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (59 download)

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Download or read book Great Train Robbery Confidential written by Graham Satchwell and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2019-10-04 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1981, Detective Inspector Satchwell was the officer in charge of the case against Train Robber Tom Wisbey and twenty others. The case involved massive thefts from mail trains – similar to the Great Train Robbery of 1963 where £2.6 million was taken and only £400,000 ever recovered. Thirty years later their paths crossed again and an unlikely partnership was formed, with the aim of revealing the truth about the Great Train Robbery. This book reassesses the known facts about one of the most infamous crimes in modern history from the uniquely qualified insight of an experienced railway detective, presenting new theories alongside compelling evidence and correcting the widely accepted lies and half-truths surrounding this story.

Signal Red

Author : Robert Ryan
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1480477672
Total Pages : 547 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book Signal Red written by Robert Ryan and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2014-03-25 with total page 547 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An edge-of-your-seat caper based on one of the most sensational crimes in British history In August 1963, a Royal Mail train traveling between Glasgow and London was forced to make an unscheduled stop. Led by a charismatic jewel thief, a gang of fifteen unarmed men boarded the train, incapacitated the driver, and made off with more than £2 million. Divided equally, it was more than enough money for them to disappear forever—if they could all keep quiet. Incensed by the brazenness of the crime, Scotland Yard investigators employed every means they could think of to get the thieves to turn on one another. Soon, a meticulous plan descended into a desperate free-for-all as the gang went down one by one. This heart-racing novel inspired by the Great Train Robbery asks the most fascinating question of all: Who talked? This ebook includes an afterword by Bruce Reynolds, mastermind of the Great Train Robbery. Signal Red is the 3rd book in the Great British Heroes and Antiheroes Trilogy, which also includes Empire of Sand and Death on the Ice.

The Autobiography of a Thief

Author : Bruce Reynolds
Publisher : Kings Road Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1789467101
Total Pages : 479 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (894 download)

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Download or read book The Autobiography of a Thief written by Bruce Reynolds and published by Kings Road Publishing. This book was released on 2023-08-07 with total page 479 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the 8th August 1963 a gang of 15 men stopped a mail train in Buckinghamshire and proceeded to steal sacks of money worth £2.6 million. It was the biggest heist ever carried out in the UK and frontpage news around the world. The mastermind behind this most audacious crime of the twentieth century was Bruce Reynolds. Perhaps the last of the 'gentlemen villains'; Reynolds epitomised that particular breed of sharply dressed, post-war criminals who mixed with royalty and movie stars, and never carried a gun. They thrived on adventure and glamour, and the Great Train Robbery was their last ride. From his childhood and early forays into crime, to planning the robbery and his life on the run, and finally his capture, prison years and growing old with the gang - this is a true crime classic. Widely regarded as a one of the finest memoirs of a life of crime, Autobiography of a Thief is essential listening for anyone interested in true crime. Narrated by his son, Nick Reynolds, who grew up on the run with his father.

Rod Taylor

Author : Stephen Vagg
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781593935115
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (351 download)

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Download or read book Rod Taylor written by Stephen Vagg and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first full-length biography of this pioneering Australian film star. It's the story of a working-class Sydney boy who went to Hollywood, took on the Americans at their own game on their own turf, in one of the toughest industries there is, and won.

How to Rob a Train

Author : Gordon Goody
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781908479815
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (798 download)

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Download or read book How to Rob a Train written by Gordon Goody and published by . This book was released on 2014-11-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gordon Goody is the mystery man of the Great Train Robbery, the most notorious theft in British history. Regarded by his partners as tough and fearless, he has kept his silence for five decades. Until now. Raised in rural Northern Ireland, Goody served as an army sergeant but chose a life of crime and became one of the most professional and prolific robbers in London. He and his gang were offered the job of a lifetime: details of a Glasgow to London mail train laden with cash, provided by The Ulsterman, whose identity Goody reveals for the first time.

Bill Carlisle, Lone Bandit

Author : William L. Carlisle
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1789126606
Total Pages : 358 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (891 download)

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Download or read book Bill Carlisle, Lone Bandit written by William L. Carlisle and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2018-12-05 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bill Carlisle was the last of the Old West’s real outlaws. But, unlike many of the other famous characters of the early days, Bill was not the gunfighter type. Bill never shot or injured anyone in his hold-ups; further, he never robbed a woman passenger. He had, like most old-time cowboys, a wholesome respect for women—all women. This story of his life reads like the dime-novel fiction of an earlier day, but every incident of his daring and gripping exploits is a matter of record throughout Wyoming and all Western states.

Railway Robberies

Author : Henry Gregory
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 116 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Railway Robberies written by Henry Gregory and published by . This book was released on 1847 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: