The Encyclopedia Of Canadian Organized Crime
From Captain Kidd to Mom Boucher
$45.48
- Paperback
296 pages
- Release Date
15 August 2012
Summary
Blending gripping storytelling with fascinating, real-life events, The Encyclopedia of Canadian Organized Crime will make sure you never think of Canadians as law-abiding again.Unbeknownst to most, there has always been an active circle of crime in Canada. From Al Capone, who dodged the “heat” during Prohobition in a network of tunnels under Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, to Montreal’s Rizutto family, this updated edition of The Encyclopedia of Canadian Organized Crime profiles the most notorious c…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780771030499 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0771030495 |
| Author: | Peter Edwards, Michel Auger |
| Publisher: | McClelland & Stewart Inc. |
| Imprint: | McClelland & Stewart Inc. |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 296 |
| Release Date: | 15 August 2012 |
| Weight: | 44g |
| Dimensions: | 232mm x 177mm |
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“With admirable diligence and dispatch, the authors harmonize the multiple solitudes that make up this vast nation into one fascinating, readable tome of transgression and terror.” —Globe and Mail
About The Author
Peter Edwards
PETER EDWARDS is the organized-crime beat reporter for the Toronto Star and the bestselling author of seventeen non-fiction books and one young adult novel. His works have been published in four languages. Edwards is a member of Top Left Entertainment, a production development company, and an executive producer for the Citytv series Bad Blood, created by New Metric Media and aired on Netflix. His book One Dead Indian- The Premier, the Police and the Ipperwash Crisis was made into the Gemini Award-winning movie One Dead Indian by Sienna Films that aired on CTV. Edwards was awarded an eagle feather from the Union of Ontario Indians and a gold medal from the Centre for Human Rights. His book Delusion (published in Europe as The Infiltrator) is on the CIA’s recommended reading list for staff and agents.MICHEL AUGER is a reporter with Le Journal de Montreal. In 2000, he was shot in the back, probably by bikers, and wrote about it in The Biker Who Shot Me- Recollections of a Crime Reporter.
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