The writing master : the story of the gentleman-thief and forger, James B. Crosse
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Florida Public Library - Adult Nonfiction | 364.16 Kun | On Shelf |
Pine Bush Area Public Library District - Adult Nonfiction | 364.16 KUN | On Shelf |
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Published
Warwick, NY : Wickham House, 2019.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
279 pages : black & white illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
en
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references [pages 258-261] and notes.
Description
"The Writing Master reveals, for the first time, the career of a nineteenth-century criminal mastermind, James B. Crosse. New research demonstrates that Crosse committed many crimes under undetected aliases: store break-ins, bank robberies, Wall Street stock forgeries, counterfeiting conspiracies, etc. His career revolved around a female blackmailer who matched his capacity for deceit and cunning, Jane Fleming. For several years, his accomplice was a mixed-race slave, Bob Burwell, whom some observers believed to be craftier than Crosse himself. In many respects, Crosse appears to have modeled himself after the shape-shifting huckster figure of Herman Melville’s The Confidence Man. The Writing Master is a true crime story, introducing readers to a figure as ingenious as the fictional Professor Moriarty and as charming as Raffles the Amateur Cracksman. Along the way, Crosse and Fleming encountered the great detectives who pursued them; colorful rogues and thieves; and historical figures such as President Andrew Johnson and the great villain of the age, John Wilkes Booth." --,back cover
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Kuntz, J. (2019). The writing master: the story of the gentleman-thief and forger, James B. Crosse . Wickham House.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Kuntz, Jerry. 2019. The Writing Master: The Story of the Gentleman-thief and Forger, James B. Crosse. Wickham House.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Kuntz, Jerry. The Writing Master: The Story of the Gentleman-thief and Forger, James B. Crosse Wickham House, 2019.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Kuntz, Jerry. The Writing Master: The Story of the Gentleman-thief and Forger, James B. Crosse Wickham House, 2019.
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