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Machine Gun Kelly's Last Stand
Stanley Hamilton
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Description for Machine Gun Kelly's Last Stand
Hardcover. An account of the abduction of Oklahoma City businessman Charles Urschel in 1933 and the subsequent manhunt - both of which had lasting significance for crime-fighting in America. Stanley Hamilton rekindles the spirit of yesterday's newsreels to chronicle the capture of "Machine Gun" Kelly. Num Pages: 224 pages, 15 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JJG; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 245 x 178 x 28. Weight in Grams: 558.
Orchestrated to the sounds of getaway cars and machine guns, the abduction of Oklahoma City businessman Charles Urschel in 1933 was a highly publicized crime in an era when gangsters were folk heroes and kidnapping had become a scourge. The criminals' interstate flight to a desolate hideout in Texas called for federal action, instigating the most intensive manhunt the country had yet seen. It also set in motion a chain of events that would have lasting significance for crime-fighting in America. In an exciting account of that celebrated manhunt, Stanley Hamilton rekindles the spirit of yesterday's newsreels to chronicle the ... Read more
Orchestrated to the sounds of getaway cars and machine guns, the abduction of Oklahoma City businessman Charles Urschel in 1933 was a highly publicized crime in an era when gangsters were folk heroes and kidnapping had become a scourge. The criminals' interstate flight to a desolate hideout in Texas called for federal action, instigating the most intensive manhunt the country had yet seen. It also set in motion a chain of events that would have lasting significance for crime-fighting in America. In an exciting account of that celebrated manhunt, Stanley Hamilton rekindles the spirit of yesterday's newsreels to chronicle the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Kansas, United States
ISBN
9780700612475
SKU
V9780700612475
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About Stanley Hamilton
Stanley Hamilton is a freelance writer and a former reporter for the Kansas City Star.
Reviews for Machine Gun Kelly's Last Stand
Hamilton's thorough research and electric narrative style illuminate George 'Machine Gun' Kelly's sensational criminal career and the untold tale of his subsequent incarceration. In telling Kelly's story, Hamilton also tells the story of his victim, Charles Urschel, and adds an important chapter to the history of kidnapping in the United States. Claire Potter, author of War on Crime: Bandits, G-Men, ... Read more