02351cam a2200337 4500 599902621 TxAuBib 20220604120000.0 ||||||s2020||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781439671306 1439671303 B08G65FPLV Amazon f50abb91-8fd8-4edd-9bc2-d868f74f8c0f OverDrive (Reserve ID) 5761425 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Frethem, Deborah. Alvin Karpis and the Barker Gang in Minnesota [Sunflower eLibrary eBook]. Arcadia Publishing, 2020. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 1563kB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. HTML:<p><b>"The St. Paul of the gangster era springs vividly to life again . . . A captivating glimpse into a shadowy era in the city's history." —<i>Community Reporter</i></b></p>From their home base in Minnesota, the Karpis-Barker Gang cut a swath of crime and terror across the Midwest in the early 1930s. They kidnapped two important businessmen and held them for exorbitant ransoms. They stole payrolls and robbed banks as the bullets flew. Corrupt police and wily crime bosses helped Alvin Karpis and the Barker brothers Freddie and Doc every step of the way. Who were these men and women? What made them into killers and kidnappers? How did their reckless lifestyles lead to their downfall? From Ma Barker to Volney Davis to Edna Murray the Kissing Bandit, authors Deborah Frethem and Cynthia Schreiner Smith delve into the crimes, personalities and motivations of one of the most successful and infamous gangs in American history. Nonfiction. True Crime. History. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2022-08-03 20:00:03. Smith, Cynthia Schreiner. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=f50abb91-8fd8-4edd-9bc2-d868f74f8c0f&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=f50abb91-8fd8-4edd-9bc2-d868f74f8c0f&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=f50abb91-8fd8-4edd-9bc2-d868f74f8c0f&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)