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Edward Alonzo Boyd: Life and Crimes of Canada's Master Bank Robber

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Edward Alonzo Boyd: Life and Crimes of Canada's Master Bank Robber

by Nate Hendley

James Lorimer & Company Ltd., Publishers | August 26, 2003 | Trade Paperback

Edwin Alonzo Boyd - The Life and Crimes of Canada''''s Master Bank Robber "Edwin Boyd woke up, rolled out of bed, and got ready to rob his first bank. He began his preparations by disguising himself. He shoved wads of cotton into his cheeks and nostrils, smeared black mascara on his eyebrows, and rubbed rouge on his cheeks." This book will be especially fascinating for all readers interested in: history, biography, true crime. Toronto''s dashing "Gentleman Bank Robber" was a charismatic felon who masterminded a series of daring robberies with his legendary gang. The most famous bank robber Canada has ever produced was responsible for a three-year crime spree which caught the public''s imagination and made him an instant celebrity.
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    Helena Katz

    Rating: 5/5

    In a Bank Robber's Shoes

    Helena Katz

    8 years ago

    This book takes an entertaining trip though the bank robbing career of Edwin Alonzo Boyd. The author takes us through Boyd's three-year career and numerous heists. The descriptions are so good that I can almost see Boyd stuffing his cheeks with wads of cotton, smearing his eyebrows with mascara and his face with rouge as he prepared for his first drunken heist. There's nothing like being robbed by Bozo the Clown in a blue suit! Amazingly enough, Boyd got away with it and many more (sober) robberies. This book is so well paced and action packed that I couldn't put it down. I highly recommend it.

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    Sean McKee

    Rating: 5/5

    Bank Robber Edwin Boyd

    Sean McKee

    8 years ago

    I enjoyed this fast-paced book. Canada doesn't have many colourful criminals, which is why Edwin Boyd really stands out.

    I would have liked this book to have been longer. Other than that, I think it's a great true crime tale.

    -Sean McKee

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Edwin Alonzo Boyd - The Life and Crimes of Canada''''s Master Bank Robber "Edwin Boyd woke up, rolled out of bed, and got ready to rob his first bank. He began his preparations by disguising himself. He shoved wads of cotton into his cheeks and nostrils, smeared black mascara on his eyebrows, and rubbed rouge on his cheeks." This book will be especially fascinating for all readers interested in: history, biography, true crime. Toronto''s dashing "Gentleman Bank Robber" was a charismatic felon who masterminded a series of daring robberies with his legendary gang. The most famous bank robber Canada has ever produced was responsible for a three-year crime spree which caught the public''s imagination and made him an instant celebrity.

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Edwin Alonzo Boyd - The Life and Crimes of Canada''s Master Bank Robber "Edwin Boyd woke up, rolled out of bed, and got ready to rob his first bank. He began his preparations by disguising himself. He shoved wads of cotton into his cheeks and nostrils, smeared black mascara on his eyebrows, and rubbed rouge on his cheeks." This book will be especially fascinating for all readers interested in: history biography crime Toronto''s dashing "Gentleman Bank Robber" was a charismatic felon who masterminded a series of daring robberies with his legendary gang. The most famous bank robber Canada has ever produced was responsible for a three-year crime spree which caught the public''s imagination and made him an instant celebrity.

About the Author

Nate Hendley is a Toronto-based freelance writer/reporter. Born in 1966, Hendley has been working as a journalist since the early 1990s. His publishing credits include The National Post, The Globe and Mail, Marketing magazine, The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health Journal, PROFIT magazine''''s e-newsletters, etc. Hendley is also a published author, with eight books in print. Six of these titles (on bank robber Edwin Alonzo Boyd, the notorious Black Donnelly family, American gangsters Dutch Schultz and Al Capone, John Lennon and the drug, methamphetamine) were released by Altitude Publishing, of Alberta. Hendley specializes in writing on crime, politics, history, music and substance abuse.

Trade Paperback

120 Pages, 5.5 x 8.5 x 0.5 in

August 26, 2003

James Lorimer & Company Ltd., Publishers

English


1551539683
9781551539683

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