The Flying Bandit

Author : Heather Robertson
Publisher : Lorimer
ISBN 13 : 9780888625205
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Flying Bandit written by Heather Robertson and published by Lorimer. This book was released on 1981-01-01 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In December 1957, Kenny Leishman came to Toronto from Winnipeg and robbed his first bank. By the time he disappeared in a plane crash over northern Ontario 22 years later, he was a legend. Smooth talking, flashy, with a string of bank jobs to his credit, Leishman catapulted into the national spotlight--and into the hearts of millions of Canadians--by pulling off the biggest gold heist in the country's history. Canadians cheered on the man they affectionately dubbed The Flying Bandit. From coast to coast, in small towns and big cities, everyone wanted Leishman to get away with it. His status as a folk hero was assured. Based on Leishman's private diaries, extensive research and personal interviews with family and friends, The Flying Bandit recreates the life and times of one of Canada's most flamboyant criminals.

Author : Robert Knuckle
Publisher : GeneralStore PublishingHouse
ISBN 13 : 9781896182605
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Flying Bandit written by Robert Knuckle and published by GeneralStore PublishingHouse. This book was released on 1996 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "When Janice Whiteman met her husband Robert at the airport she was stunned when he was tackled in front of her by plainclothes police and arrested for armed robbery. Since the day they met, Robert had been leading a double life; husband and father at home, spectacularly successful armed robber on the road. In a spree lasting thirty-three months, in cities, large and small from Vancouver to Halifax, he committed fifty-nine robberies, sometimes two in one day, for a combined take of over two million dollars. This is the extraordinary true story of the most daring criminal in the nation's history: Canada's Flying Bandit."--

Author : Robert Knuckle
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781771238274
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Flying Bandit written by Robert Knuckle and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Janice Whiteman met her husband Robert at the airport in Pembroke, ON, she was stunned when he was tackled in front of her by plainclothes police and arrested for armed robbery.ince the day they met, Robert had been leading a double life0́4husband and father at home and spectacularly successful armed robber on the road. In a spree lasting thirty-three months, in cities large and small from Vancouver to Halifax, Robert committed fifty-nine robberies, sometimes two in one day, for a combined take of over two million dollars.his is the extraordinary true story of the most daring criminal in the nation's history: Canada's Flying Bandit.

Author : Wayne Tefs
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780888013774
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bandit written by Wayne Tefs and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1966, Ken Leishman stepped onto the Winnipeg Airport tarmac and into the pages of Canadian history as the mastermind behind the country's largest gold theft. Known as the "flying bandit" or the "gentleman bandit," Leishman had already gained Dillinger-esque notoriety as a bank robber, when he stole the public's imagination with his last great exploit: brazenly - and politely - holding up a bank in Toronto. Regarded as a Robin Hood-like figure at the height of his exploits, Leishman had humble beginnings in Holland, Manitoba. Master story-teller Wayne Tefs imagines what happened behind the "Flying Bandit" headlines, inter-mingling the full-on action of the gold heist with the story of a smart but troubled kid growing up in a stifling small prairie town. Raised by ultra-strict grandparents, young Ken thrived on Bowery Boys, Gary Cooper and James Cagney movies. As a married man and father of seven, Tefs' Leishman dreams of greatness, and a good life for his family free from poverty and worry. Even as he plots the greatest caper in Canada, he is conflicted by his wife's tears and guilt-ridden with his failed promises to go straight. Once again, Tefs presents another fictionalized version of a tremendous true story. Readers will be hard-pressed to judge the life of this "gentleman bandit" and Canadian folk-hero who dared to fly far out of bounds.

Author : Zhang Zhen
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 9780226982373
Total Pages : 534 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book An Amorous History of the Silver Screen written by Zhang Zhen and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 534 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Illustrating the cultural significance of film and its power as a vehicle for social change, this book reveals the intricacies of the cultural movement and explores its connections to other art forms such as photography, drama, and literature.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 132 pages
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Download or read book 1000 and One written by and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Total Pages : 406 pages
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Author : National Health Council (U.S.)
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 186 pages
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Download or read book Film List Including Information on Visual Aids and Their Producers and Distributors ... written by National Health Council (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Anthony W. Grillo
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1499069995
Total Pages : 389 pages
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Download or read book Cucumbers the Rabbit written by Anthony W. Grillo and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2014-12-26 with total page 389 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Meet the rabbit with green fur and is as cool as his name. Cucumbers the Rabbit is his name. Adventure is his game. In this collection of twenty stories, Cucumbers, with his friends, Blaze, Sunny, Drooler, Bouncy-Bounce, Spinner, Henry, Knock Knock, Flirty, and Mudflap, face monsters, UFOs, an evil circus owner, a magical island, a powerful rabbit witch, a tyrannical alien general, an Alaskan farmer, a vicious fox, and a "spooky" computer. Along the way, Cucumbers manages to star in a Hollywood movie and help his friend's lonely father find a wife. Discover how Cucumbers friends get even with a prankster ghost. Find out what happens when Flirty falls in love with two human sisters. Discover why the frogs are angry with the rabbits. Learn why Cucumbers fur is green and who he takes on his first date. Who is Princess Cleo supposed to marry? What surprise awaits Cucumbers at Foggy Island? How does a part of Bunny Town get destroyed after something that happens at Sunny's birthday party? And, what is Cucumbers big secret? Come and explore Cucumbers world. There is danger and mysteries to be solved, but there is also friendship and love. Escape into this world of fantasy and enjoy a laugh along the way.

Author : Fast Food Restaurant
Publisher : BEIJING BOOK CO. INC.
ISBN 13 : 7999090921
Total Pages : 1612 pages
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Download or read book King of Gods 3 Anthology written by Fast Food Restaurant and published by BEIJING BOOK CO. INC.. This book was released on with total page 1612 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: His will is tough and he is unwilling to be normal. However, his pathway was destined to be that way, being born in a small sect¡¯s branch. However, one day, his left eye merges with the eye of an Ancient God in an accident. From that moment on, he turns from a fish into a dragon. He rises up like a star, walking the path of a legendary cultivator. From being a tiny, small ant at the bottom of the world, he rises step by step, into a place full of powerful sects, strong ancient clans and countless geniuses. This is an era of legends.