| Big Bucks: The True, Outrageous Story of the Plymouth Mail Robbery . . . and How They Got Away With It Contributor(s): Tidyman, Ernest (Author) |
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ISBN: 0393347168 ISBN-13: 9780393347166 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company OUR PRICE: $22.75 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 1982 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - True Crime | Heists & Robberies - History | United States - State & Local - New England (ct, Ma, Me, Nh, Ri, Vt) |
| Dewey: 813.54 |
| Physical Information: 0.71" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.89 lbs) 318 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - New England |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: [A] tight, well-researched, sometimes funny book about one of the crimes of the century, the motley group that pulled it off, and the assorted characters who tried to catch them. Pseudonyms are used here, but anyone with access to Boston newspaper files can figure out most of the dramatis personae in the ingenious 1962 robbery of a post office van (the feds were saving money on an armored car) heading up from Cape Cod to Boston, packed with $1.5 million in bank deposits from a big summer weekend. Not a shot was fired, the loot was never recovered and, although three people were eventually indicted, no one was convicted of the crime. - Kirkus Review |