| The Ruthless Northlake Bank Robbers: A 1967 Shooting Spree That Stunned the Region Contributor(s): Návar, Edgar Gamboa (Author) |
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ISBN: 1467119385 ISBN-13: 9781467119382 Publisher: History Press OUR PRICE: $19.79 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - Midwest(ia,il,in,ks,mi,mn,mo,nd,ne,oh,sd,wi - True Crime | Murder - General |
| Dewey: 364.155 |
| LCCN: 2016930886 |
| Series: True Crime |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 6" W x 8.9" (0.70 lbs) 144 pages |
| Themes: - Locality - Chicago, Illinois - Geographic Orientation - Illinois - Chronological Period - 1960's |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Automatic gunfire hammered police arriving at Northlake Bank in response to a silent alarm on the morning of October 27, 1967. The shootout killed two officers and injured two others. One of the robbers lay wounded as the other two fled in a getaway car. The ensuing manhunt tore across state lines and thrust the quiet Illinois community into a national debate over rehabilitated prisoners--two of the men were fresh out of jail for bank robbery. Local author Edgar Gamboa Navar traces this violent midwestern crime saga from the initial grocery store holdup in Ohio before the bank job to the capture of the murderous gang in Indiana, as well as the conviction and imprisonment. |
Contributor Bio(s): Navar, Edgar Gamboa: - A resident of Northlake, Illinois, since 1985, Edgar Gamboa Navar is the author of Northlake with Arcadia Publishing. |