The Bobbed Haired Bandit

The Bobbed Haired Bandit
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Publisher : NYU Press
Total Pages : 393
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ISBN-13 : 9780814719800
ISBN-10 : 0814719805
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Book Synopsis The Bobbed Haired Bandit by : Stephen Duncombe

Download or read book The Bobbed Haired Bandit written by Stephen Duncombe and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2006-02-06 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the spring of 1924, a poor, 19 year old laundress from Brooklyn robbed a string of New York grocery stores with a 'baby automatic', a fur coat, and a fashionable bobbed hairdo. Celia Cooney's crimes made national news and this text brings to life a world of great wealth and poverty and class conflict.


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