NCJ Number
19646
Editor(s)
R M WILLIAMS
Date Published
1973
Length
299 pages
Annotation
ANTHOLOGY OF THIRTEEN SHORT STORIES ABOUT FAMOUS SCOUNDRELS THAT LIVED AND OPERATED IN ENGLAND AND THE UNITED STATES DURING THE PAST 400 YEARS.
Abstract
THE STORIES INCLUDE THOSE OF JONATHAN WILD, A 17THCENTURY BOSS OF THE ENTIRE LONDON UNDERWORLD, PADDY BARRIE, AN IRISH-BORN AMERICAN IMMIGRANT WHO COULD DISGUISE A WORN-OUT OLD HORSE AS A THOROUGHBRED, AND CASSIE CHADWICK, THE DAUGHTER OF A CANADIAN FARMER, WHO CONVINCED SHREWD BANKERS AND MONEY-LENDERS THAT SHE WAS THE ILLEGITIMATE DAUGHTER OF ANDREW CARNEGIE AND WOULD INHERIT A LARGE PORTION OF HIS FORTUNE UPON HIS DEATH. OTHER CHARACTERS DISCUSSED INCLUDE JESSE JAMES, BILLIE SOL ESTES, AND XAVIER RICHIER, AN INDIVIDUAL WHO MASTERMINDED THE THEFT OF MORE THAN EIGHT MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF ART OBJECTS FROM THE GREAT CHATEAUS OF FRANCE DURING THE 1960'S.