{"product_id":"9781894864305","title":"Canadian Crimes and Capers: A Rogue's Gallery of Notorious Escapades","description":"Canadian Crimes and Capers is a rascal-laden romp through the annals of our nation's criminal history that demonstrates you'll find good and bad in any country.\u003cp\u003eHere are some of the evil-doers you'll meet between the covers of this fascinating book:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEdwin Alonzo Boyd, dashing and clever veteran of World War II, was also a bold bank robber who became notorious for his sensational escapes from the Don Jail.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHilda Blake earned notoriety as the only Manitoba woman ever to die by the hangman's noose after the Brandon housemaid shot her mistress twice in the back\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Black Donnellys, a fierce family of Irish immigrants, feuded for 20 years with their neighbours in Lucan, Ontario, until a cold winter's night in 1880 when a bloody slaughter brought the fight to an end\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e• Dr. John Schneeberger tried to escape conviction by cutting open his arm and inserting a tube of blood to confound police with bogus blood tests\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e• Mad Trapper Albert Johnson led the RCMP on a wild 50-day chase and shoot-out across the Yukon wilderness before the Mounties got their man\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e• Billy Miner charmed the folks of Mission, BC, with his refined manners and cultivated speech, while at the same time pulling off Canada's first train robberies right under their noses\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e• Bank manager Nick Lysyk embezzled over $16 million from a Bank of Montreal branch in Edmonton. When he was caught the money had disappeared on big houses, fast women and even faster cars.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e...and there's yet more murder and mayhem to be found in Canadian Crimes and Capers.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Folklore Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47019249729776,"sku":"9781894864305","price":9.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781894864305_p0.jpg?v=1763610405","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781894864305","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}