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A Gallery of Rogues: Portraits in True Crime
A Gallery of Rogues Portraits in True Crime Author:Michael Kurland This collection of some 500 alphabetically arranged entries, about U.S. criminals and related topics is difficult to assess as a reference source since the review copy lacked the introduction, photos, and bibliography. Kurland ( The Spymaster's Handbook , Facts on File, 1988) has an interest in con men; otherwise, his selections are haphazar... more »d. The Leopold-Loeb case, the Lindbergh baby kidnapping, and the FBI are the lengthiest choices. Despite a roster of Mafioso, the infamous John Gotti is missing. The unsolved "Zodiac" murders, circa 1970, are here, but the more recent unsolved "Green River Killer" murders are not.« less
This is an easy to read reference of the bad boys and girls through modern history. There is no in depth coverage but it does provide a short description of what these rascals were like.