La Bande Tragique: Mieux que les gangsters Américains
by Pontis, Gaëtan
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About This Item
Paris: Editions Astéria, 1949. 154p., wraps, 4.75x7.5 inches, wraps worn and chipped, spine chipped and reinforced with document tape, front wrap coming loose and attached with tape, pages evenly toned, a few leaves unopened else good condition. Text in French. Collection Police Judiciaire. 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.
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- Bookseller
- Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 256425
- Title
- La Bande Tragique: Mieux que les gangsters Américains
- Author
- Pontis, Gaëtan
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Editions Astéria
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1949
- Bookseller catalogs
- Anarchism; Automobile; Francophone+; Crime; labor-european;
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Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB
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