num_pages: 495
description: Originally published 1998 as "Outlaws, Mobsters &amp; Crooks,'' this is the first printing of the 1999 reprinted edition. Illustrated throughout w/photographs, this encyclopedic volume covers 73 infamous mobsters, racketeers, gamblers, robbers, computer criminals, spies, swindlers, terrorists, bandits, gunslingers, bootleggers, &amp; pirates in North America from the 17th century to the present. Also exposes myths that have grown up around some of these figures &amp; offers alternative versions of accepted history. Provides a timeline, guide to related books &amp; movies, alphabetical index, &amp; sources for further reading.
language: English
title: The crime encyclopedia: The world's most notorious outlaws, mobsters & crooks
titlecomplete: The crime encyclopedia: The world's most notorious outlaws, mobsters & crooks
genres: Reference, Nonfiction, True Crime
ratings_count: 29
publisher: UXL-The Gale Group