The Fox and the Flies: The Seret Life of a Grotesque Master Criminal
NY: Walker & Company, 2007. 1st Edition. Hardcover_boards. FIRST PRINTING. 6.25"X9.5" 646 num. indexed pgs. DJ design by mjcdesign. Typeset by Palimpsest Book Production Limited. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean w/soft tone. May be x-library because of scan sticker inside back board, unclipped ($34.95), black dot on bottom edge. DJ has mild shelf & edge wear w/small tear to crown. Email seller at time of purchase if you would like this DJ in clear mylar free of charge. Secure ship in cardboard w/track #. Very Good / VeryGood. Item #17398
ISBN: 9780802716415
A masterwork of historical reconstruction—the life and times of an arch criminal who may well have been Jack the Ripper. During the three turbulent decades before World War I, Joseph Silver became the greatest criminal of his time, perfecting his skills as a burglar, gun runner, jewel thief, and ultimately trafficker in prostitution and female slavery across four continents. He was notorious even among his competitors at a time when such business was rampant on both sides of the Atlantic, and he covered his tracks with extraordinary skill. A chance encounter with Silver's career in South Africa set Charles van Onselen on a twenty five-year obsession: a journey to reconstruct the shadowy life and times of—in some ways to match wits with—a devious master criminal. From Ru... Source: Publisher.
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