The California Snatch Racket

Author : James R. Smith
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781884995637
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The California Snatch Racket written by James R. Smith and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Captures the flavor of the time and the impact of events with the urgency of an angry Tommy gun."--Pat Craig, Bay Area News Group.

Author : Carolyn Cox
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 1640122036
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Snatch Racket written by Carolyn Cox and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2021-03 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Snatch Racket will take the reader behind the scenes of kidnapping crimes that terrified the American public in the 1930s.

Author : James R. Smith
Publisher : Linden Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1610351916
Total Pages : 484 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book San Francisco's Lost Landmarks written by James R. Smith and published by Linden Publishing. This book was released on 2005-07-01 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With long-forgotten stories and evocative photographs, this collection showcases the once-familiar sites that have faded into dim memories and hazy legends. Not just a list of places, facts, and dates, this pictorial history shows why San Francisco has been a legendary travel destination and one of the world's premier places to live and work for more than 150 years.

Author : Amit Katwala
Publisher : Crooked Lane Books
ISBN 13 : 1639103430
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tremors in the Blood written by Amit Katwala and published by Crooked Lane Books. This book was released on 2023-03-07 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A thrilling account of the creation of the so-called lie detector, exploring shocking murders and dramatic trials to uncover the true nature of the polygraph. This tense true crime story is perfect for fans of American Predator and The Invention of Murder. Late one evening in the summer of 1922, Henry Wilkens burst through the doors of the emergency room covered in his wife’s blood. But was he a grieving husband, or a ruthless killer who conspired with bandits to have her murdered? To find out, the San Francisco police turned to technology and a new machine that had just been invented in Berkeley by a rookie detective, a visionary police chief, and a teenage magician with a showman’s touch. John Larson, Gus Vollmer and Leonarde Keeler hoped the lie detector would make the justice system fairer – but the flawed device soon grew too powerful for them to control. It poisoned their lives, turned fast friends into bitter enemies, and as it conquered America and the world, it transformed our relationship with the truth in ways that are still being felt. As new forms of lie detection gain momentum in the present day, Tremors in the Blood reveals the incredible truth behind the creation of the polygraph, through gripping true crime cases featuring explosive gunfights, shocking twists and high-stakes courtroom drama. Touching on psychology, technology and the science of the truth, Tremors in the Blood is a vibrant, atmospheric thriller, and a warning from history: beware what you believe.

Author : Joe Urschel
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 1250020794
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Year of Fear written by Joe Urschel and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2015-09-08 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Machine Gun" Kelly, a kidnapping, and the cross-country, back-roads chase through Depression-era America that turned Kelly and J. Edgar Hoover into legends.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 874 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Motion Picture Story Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1951 with total page 874 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : John Reisinger
Publisher : Citadel Press
ISBN 13 : 9780806527512
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.1X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Master Detective written by John Reisinger and published by Citadel Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ellis Parker, a detective known the world over in the early 1900s as the "American Sherlock Holmes," was a profiler before the word was ever coined. "Master Detective" provides a complete picture of the man and the circumstances surrounding his tragic fall.

Author : California State Library
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1200 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book News Notes of California Libraries written by California State Library and published by . This book was released on 1932 with total page 1200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vols. for 1971- include annual reports and statistical summaries.

Author : James R. Smith
Publisher : Craven Street Books
ISBN 13 : 9781610351935
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book San Francisco's Playland at the Beach written by James R. Smith and published by Craven Street Books. This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Long before Disneyland or Disneyworld, there was San Francisco's Playland at the Beach, a magical and glamorous amusement park that is still revered by San Franciscans more than 40 years after it closed. A beloved part of old San Francisco, Playland incorporated rides, dining, sight-seeing, and socialization, and its pioneering rides and attractions inspired the designers of the amusement parks that followed. San Francisco historian James R. Smith completes his magisterial history of Playland in "San Francisco's Playland at the Beach: The Golden Years," the sequel to his stunning 2010 book "San Francisco's Playland at the Beach: The Early Years." Covering the years 1945 to 1972, "San Francisco's Playland at the Beach: The Golden Years" showcases both the height of Playland's postwar popularity and its decline, closure, and destruction during its final years. Illustrated by a huge collection of rare black-and-white and color photographs, "San Francisco's Playland at the Beach: The Golden Years" lets the reader experience the rides, attractions, restaurants, and behind-the-scenes operations of the great amusement park during its best-remembered period. Comprehensively documented and illustrated, "San Francisco's Playland at the Beach: The Golden Years" is the definitive and authoritative history of one of America's landmark amusement parks"--

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1100 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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