Encyclopedia of Robberies, Heists, and Capers

Bandits, burglars, and thieves have always been a mainstay of society. From pickpockets to pirates, bank robbers to bushrangers, theft is one of the world's oldest criminal professions. The Encyclopedia of Robberies, Heists, and Capers is a one-stop reference to this daring field of criminal endeavor.More than 400 entries detail history's most famous robberies from around the world, the thieves who executed them, and the lawmen who brought them to justice. Topical entries are featured, such as art theft, bungled capers, highway robbery, robberies in film and fiction, social bandits, safecracking, and robbery as terrorism. The Encyclopedia of Robberies, Heists, and Capers also includes more than seventy photographs, a number of which are mugshots of top bank robbers.Cases covered include: -- Brink's Robbery in Massachusetts, 1950-- England's "Great Train Robbery, " 1963-- The Lufthansa Airline Heist, 1978-- The Sacking of Panama City by Pirates, 1671-- The Wah Mee Club Massacre in San Francisco's Chinatown, 1983.Newton, Michael is the author of 'Encyclopedia of Robberies, Heists, and Capers' with ISBN 9780816044887 and ISBN 0816044880.