num_pages: 164
description: Ten classic stories about cunning plans and daring escapades. Of all the crimes that human beings commit, stealing is probably the most common. Thieves! , the latest in the True Stories from the Edge series, brings ten exciting stories of master thieves and their master crimes. Willie Sutton was casing a bank when he noticed that the manager looked a lot like Sutton himself, so he walked into the vault, loaded up with banknotes, and calmly walked out. D.B. Cooper hijacked a plane, demanded $200,000 in payment, and parachuted from the aircraft. He was never captured. Other criminals in this book were no less Readers will find nothing but high-stakes action in Thieves! . Though many of the bandits ended their careers broke and disillusioned, these impresarios of crime make for great reading.
language: English
title: Thieves!
titlecomplete: Thieves! (True Stories from the Edge)
genres: Nonfiction
ratings_count: 10
awards: awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: OLA Forest of Reading Red Maple Award
category: Non-fiction
publisher: Annick Press