Ma Barker
Subtitle: America's most wanted mother
By: Howard Kazanjian and Chris Enss
Contributors: Kazanjian, Howard, author
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780762796311
Subjects: Women outlaws; Criminals; Biography; Female offenders
Description: Kate Barker wanted the nice things of life: the lovely home, the fine clothes, and lots of money in the bank. Kate ended up with a police slug in her heart and $10,200 in her wallet. Kate Barker, according to FBI records, was an overbearing mother who somehow lost her way on the path of motherly love. In attempting to guide, she misguided. In trying to spread affection, she nurtured hate. In her attempts to fulfill a warped sense of motherly duty, she literally loved her sons to death. Ma Barker was a woman who saw crime as a means to an end, but who never counted on things ending like they did. -- Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Acknowledgments; title: Foreword; title: Introduction; title: Brains of the operation[CM1]; title: Ruthless and daring; title: The firstborn; title: Losing Lloyd; title: Public enemy; title: Murder in Wisconsin; title: Careless crimes; title: Pleasing Ma; title: Dangerous criminals; title: Gunfight at lake Weir; title: Waiting for a grave; title: End of an era; title: Diary of a G man; title: Barker aliases & addresses; title: Crimes committed by the Barkers; title: Bibliography; title: About the authors.