The auto bandits of Paris. The most amazingly true story of crime ever told. The complete history of Bonnot, the Tiger Bandit and his fearsome gang. A startling tale of the underworld of Paris and a graphic expose of the anarchistic brotherhood by de La Vincendiere, Emile - 1912
by de La Vincendiere, Emile
The auto bandits of Paris. The most amazingly true story of crime ever told. The complete history of Bonnot, the Tiger Bandit and his fearsome gang. A startling tale of the underworld of Paris and a graphic expose of the anarchistic brotherhood
by de La Vincendiere, Emile
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Baltimore: I. & M. Ottenheimer, 1912. 175p., paperback, spine chipped, rear wrap detached but present, pages evenly toned else good condition. Sensationalistic novelized coverage published soon after Bonnot's death. On the Bonnot Gang, anarchist bank robbers who are credited with the first use of a getaway car. Their use of high-tech equipment for the time, like automobiles and repeating rifles, captured the public imagination and sparked a certain level of hysteria. The press named the group after one of its members, Jules Bonnot, who appeared in the offices of "Le Petit Parisien" wielding a gun and complaining about the newspaper's coverage of their exploits.
- Bookseller Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Book Condition Used
- Publisher I. & M. Ottenheimer
- Place of Publication Baltimore
- Date Published 1912