Villains, scoundrels, and rogues : incredible true tales of mischief and mayhem
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Villains, scoundrels, and rogues : incredible true tales of mischief and mayhem
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- Villains, scoundrels, and rogues : incredible true tales of mischief and mayhem
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- incredible true tales of mischief and mayhem
- Statement of responsibility
- Paul Martin
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Everyone loves a good villain! From the back pages of history, vivid, entertaining portraits of little-known scoundrels whose misdeeds range from the simply inept to the truly horrifying. Even if you're an avid history buff, you've probably never heard of this disreputable cast of characters: A drunken, ne'er-do-well cop who abandoned his post at Ford's Theatre, giving assassin John Wilkes Booth unchallenged access to President Lincoln; a notorious Kansas quack who made millions by implanting billy goat testicles in gullible male patients; and America's worst female serial killer ever. These are three of the memorable but little-known rogues profiled in this eye-opening and entertaining book. Dividing his profiles into three categories--villains, scoundrels, and rogues--author and former National Geographic editor Paul Martin serves up concise, colorful biographies of thirty of America's most outrageous characters. Whether readers choose to be horrified by the story of Ed Gein, Alfred Hitchcock's hideous inspiration for Psycho, or marvel at the clever duplicity of the con artist who originated the phony bookie operation portrayed in The Sting, there's something here for everyone. Brimming with audacious, unforgettable characters often overlooked by standard history books, this page-turner is a must for anyone with an interest in the varieties of human misbehavior. From the Trade Paperback edition
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- RECBK
- Dewey number
- 364.1092/273
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- HV6785
- LC item number
- .M37 2014
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- dictionaries
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