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Professional Criminals of America

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Cassell, Limited, 1886 - Crime - 433 pages

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User Review  - Daniel Brandon - Goodreads

Just skimmed it, but how wonderfully and truly bizarre. Mug shots and career highlights for four hundred-odd of the nation's most "notorious" criminals as of 1886. Read full review

Review: 1886 Professional Criminals of America

User Review  - Walt - Goodreads

This is little more than a rogue's gallery of New York criminals. However, in reading through the entries one should quickly realize how fluid and dynamic the underworld was in the 1880s. The ... Read full review

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Contents

WHY THIEVES ARE PHOTOGRAPHED
52
DESCRIPTIONS AND RECORDS OF PROFESSIONAL CRXMINALS
57
SEVERAL NOTABLE FOROERS
285
INTERNATIONAL FORGERSSECRET HISTORY OF THE WILKES HAMILTON BECKER
295
OTHER NOTED CRIMINALS
308
BANK ROBBERIES
337
ExEcuTIONS IN THE TOMBS PRISON NEw YORK CITY FROM 1851 T0 I886
368
ADVENTURERS AND ADVENTU RESSES
374
OPIUM HABIT AND ITS CONSEQUENCES
381
PAGE
389
LIST OF STATE PRISONS PENITENTIARIES AND REFORMATORIES IN THE STATES
411
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