Author: Eugène François Vidocq
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Criminology
Languages : en
Pages : 612
Book Description
Memoirs of Vidocq, Principal Agent of the French Police
Author: Eugène François Vidocq
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Criminology
Languages : en
Pages : 612
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Criminology
Languages : en
Pages : 612
Book Description
Memoirs of Vidocq, Principal Agent of the French Police
Author: Eugène François Vidocq
Publisher:
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Category : Criminologists
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Criminologists
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
Memoirs of Vidocq
Author: Eugène François Vidocq
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 600
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 600
Book Description
Memoirs of Vidocq
Author: Francois Eugene Vidocq
Publisher: AK Press
ISBN: 9781902593715
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
A criminal mastermind turns detective in this notorious autobiography filled with outrageous adventures, disguises, and escapes.
Publisher: AK Press
ISBN: 9781902593715
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
A criminal mastermind turns detective in this notorious autobiography filled with outrageous adventures, disguises, and escapes.
The Devout Communicant
Author: Pacificus Baker
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
Out of the Night
Author: Jan Valtin
Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN: 1839742356
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1170
Book Description
A bestseller in 1941, selected by the Book of the Month Club for a special edition and described by Book of the Month Club News as: “...full of sensational revelations and interspersed with episodes of daring, of desperate conflict, of torture, and of ruthless conspiracy...It is, first of all, an autobiography the like of which has seldom been.” The son of a seafaring father, Richard Julius Herman Krebs, a.k.a. Jan Valtin, came of age as a bicycle messenger during a maritime rebellion. His life as an intimate insider account of the dramatic events of 1920’s and 1930s, where he rose both within the ranks of the Communist Party and on the Gestapo hit list. Known for his honesty and incredible memory, Krebs dedicated his life to the Communist Party, rising to a position as head of maritime, organizing worldwide for the Comintern, only to flee the Party and Europe to evade his own comrade’s attempts to kill him. As a professional revolutionary, agitator, spy and would-be assassin, Krebs traveled the globe from Germany to China, India to Sierra Leon, Moscow to the United States where a botched assassination attempt landed him a stint in San Quentin. From his spellbinding account of artful deception to gain release from a Nazi prison and his work as a double-agent within the Gestapo, to his vivid depiction of a Communist Party fraught with intrigue and subterfuge, Krebs gives an unflinching portrayal of the internal machinations of both parties.
Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN: 1839742356
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1170
Book Description
A bestseller in 1941, selected by the Book of the Month Club for a special edition and described by Book of the Month Club News as: “...full of sensational revelations and interspersed with episodes of daring, of desperate conflict, of torture, and of ruthless conspiracy...It is, first of all, an autobiography the like of which has seldom been.” The son of a seafaring father, Richard Julius Herman Krebs, a.k.a. Jan Valtin, came of age as a bicycle messenger during a maritime rebellion. His life as an intimate insider account of the dramatic events of 1920’s and 1930s, where he rose both within the ranks of the Communist Party and on the Gestapo hit list. Known for his honesty and incredible memory, Krebs dedicated his life to the Communist Party, rising to a position as head of maritime, organizing worldwide for the Comintern, only to flee the Party and Europe to evade his own comrade’s attempts to kill him. As a professional revolutionary, agitator, spy and would-be assassin, Krebs traveled the globe from Germany to China, India to Sierra Leon, Moscow to the United States where a botched assassination attempt landed him a stint in San Quentin. From his spellbinding account of artful deception to gain release from a Nazi prison and his work as a double-agent within the Gestapo, to his vivid depiction of a Communist Party fraught with intrigue and subterfuge, Krebs gives an unflinching portrayal of the internal machinations of both parties.
"Yellow Kid" Weil
Author: J. R. Weil
Publisher: AK Press
ISBN: 1849350213
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
Everywhere the Yellow Kid looks he sees money—too bad it's yours.
Publisher: AK Press
ISBN: 1849350213
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
Everywhere the Yellow Kid looks he sees money—too bad it's yours.
The Memoirs of Vidocq
Author: Eugène François Vidocq
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 588
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 588
Book Description
You Can't Win
Author: Jack Black
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1627932755
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 433
Book Description
An amazing autobiography of a criminal from a forgotten time in american history. Jack Black was a burgler, safe-cracker, highwayman and petty thief.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1627932755
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 433
Book Description
An amazing autobiography of a criminal from a forgotten time in american history. Jack Black was a burgler, safe-cracker, highwayman and petty thief.
You Can't Win
Author: Jack Black
Publisher: Courier Dover Publications
ISBN: 0486826805
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
"Much of this book is about loneliness. Yet its pages are bracingly companionable. It is one of the friendliest books ever written. It is a superb piece of autobiography, testimony that cannot be impeached. While it is a statement of an American tragedy, it has laughter, brevity, style; as a book to pass the time away with, it is in a class with the best fiction." — Carl Sandburg, New York World "Nothing half as rewarding has come down the highway of books about thieves, tramps, murderers, bootleggers and crooks in years " — New Republic "I believe Jack Black has written a remarkable book; it is vivid and picturesque; it is not fiction; it is a book that was needed and it should be widely read." — Clarence Darrow, New York Herald Tribune A major influence on William S. Burroughs and other Beat writers, this lost classic was written by Jack Black, a drifter and small-time criminal. Born in 1872, Black hit the road at the age of 16 and spent most of his life as a vagabond. In this plainspoken but colorful memoir, he recaptures a hobo underworld of the early twentieth century, a time when it was possible to pass anonymously from town to town. Black's firsthand accounts of hopping trains, burglaries, prison, and drug addiction offer a compelling portrait of life outside the law and honor among thieves.
Publisher: Courier Dover Publications
ISBN: 0486826805
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
"Much of this book is about loneliness. Yet its pages are bracingly companionable. It is one of the friendliest books ever written. It is a superb piece of autobiography, testimony that cannot be impeached. While it is a statement of an American tragedy, it has laughter, brevity, style; as a book to pass the time away with, it is in a class with the best fiction." — Carl Sandburg, New York World "Nothing half as rewarding has come down the highway of books about thieves, tramps, murderers, bootleggers and crooks in years " — New Republic "I believe Jack Black has written a remarkable book; it is vivid and picturesque; it is not fiction; it is a book that was needed and it should be widely read." — Clarence Darrow, New York Herald Tribune A major influence on William S. Burroughs and other Beat writers, this lost classic was written by Jack Black, a drifter and small-time criminal. Born in 1872, Black hit the road at the age of 16 and spent most of his life as a vagabond. In this plainspoken but colorful memoir, he recaptures a hobo underworld of the early twentieth century, a time when it was possible to pass anonymously from town to town. Black's firsthand accounts of hopping trains, burglaries, prison, and drug addiction offer a compelling portrait of life outside the law and honor among thieves.