Download or read book The Train Robbers written by Piers Paul Read and published by Random House. This book was released on 2013-07-04 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On Thursday August 8, 1963, fifteen masked men stopped the night train from Glasgow to London and robbed it of £2,500,000 (the equivalent of £41 million today). It was called the crime of the century, and the thieves were relentlessly pursued by Scotland Yard until half the gang were behind bars serving huge prison terms. But the story did not end there. First one, then another escaped in thrilling style and fled abroad, catching the world's imagination and making the Train Robbers into folk heroes. Thirteen years later, the gang combined to tell their story, and Piers Paul Read, author of the bestselling Alive, agreed to write it. This is the classic, complete and exclusive story of the twentieth-century's most audacious crime and its even more sensational aftermath.
Download or read book Mr Yowder and the Train Robbers written by and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Relates how Mr. Yowder outwits a gang of bank robbers with the help of some friendly rattlesnakes.
Download or read book Mr Plod and Little Noddy written by Enid Blyton and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 1961 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published Sampson Lowe, 1961
Download or read book The Train Robbers written by Piers Paul Read and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fourteen years after the fact, the members of the two gangs which pulled off the Great Train Robbery of 1963 reveal the details of planning and execution and of the robbery's consequences.
Download or read book The Great Train Robbery written by Michael Crichton and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2012-05-14 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Jurassic Park comes classic historical thriller about Victorian London’s most notorious gold heist. London, 1855, when lavish wealth and appalling poverty exist side by side, one mysterious man navigates both worlds with perfect ease. Edward Pierce preys on the most prominent of the well-to-do as he cunningly orchestrates the crime of his century. Who would suspect that a gentleman of breeding could mastermind the extraordinary robbery aboard the pride of England’s industrial era, the mighty steam locomotive? Based on fact, but studded with all the suspense and style of fiction, here is a classic historical thriller, set a decade before the age of dynamite—yet nonetheless explosive…
Download or read book The Train Robbers written by Sam Bowie and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Day The Train Robbers Came written by Mike Bell and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2020-08-04 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Day the Train Robbers Came explores the events of the 7 June 1904 Parachute, Colorado, train robbery, but with particular emphasis on the people of Grand Valley who went out to fight the train robbers, and the Denver and Rio Grande train crew who had no choice but to face them. In this English Westerners' Society Special publication, Mike Bell explores the train robbery in detail and analyses the contenders for the train robber who was brought down by the ranchers of Garfield County in the fight on Gibson's Flats on 9 June 1904
Download or read book The Last Train Robber written by W.C. Jameson and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2020-03-24 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the most colorful parts of American History is the time of train robberies and the daring outlaws who undertook them in the period covering from just after the Civil War to 1924. For decades, the railroads were the principal transporters of payrolls, gold and silver, bonds, and passengers who often carried large sums of money as well as valuable jewelry. For the creative outlaw, trains became an obvious target for robbery. Willis Newton has never enjoyed the recognition and fame of the better known train robbing outlaws such as Frank and Jesse James, Butch Cassidy, the Daltons, and the Doolins, but he was the most prolific and successful train robber in the history of North America. Newton stole more money from the railroads than all of the others put together. During his lifetime, Newton robbed six trains and an estimated eighty banks, pulled off the greatest train robbery ever, netting $3,000,000, yet remains virtually unknown. So unknown was he that, despite all of his success as a robber, he was rarely identified as a suspect. Following his greatest heist, Newton and his gang member, composed of his brothers, were arrested, tried, convicted, and sent to serve long terms at Leavenworth Prison. When they were granted early release for good behavior, they lost no time in returning to robbing banks. Willis Newton’s life and times as America’s greatest, and last, train robber has been gleaned and developed from extensive interviews he granted during the 1970s when he was in his eighties. In addition, newspaper reports of his numerous train and bank robberies have been obtained and researched for precise details of robberies and pursuit.
Download or read book Train Robberies Train Robbers and the holdup Men written by William Allan Pinkerton and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book How to Rob a Train written by Gordon Goody and published by . This book was released on 2014-11-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gordon Goody is the mystery man of the Great Train Robbery, the most notorious theft in British history. Regarded by his partners as tough and fearless, he has kept his silence for five decades. Until now. Raised in rural Northern Ireland, Goody served as an army sergeant but chose a life of crime and became one of the most professional and prolific robbers in London. He and his gang were offered the job of a lifetime: details of a Glasgow to London mail train laden with cash, provided by The Ulsterman, whose identity Goody reveals for the first time.
Download or read book Train Robber s Daughter written by Jay O'Connell and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Evans and Sontag were among the most notorious outlaws of the American West. Here for the first time is the true story of Eva Evans, the teenage daughter of Chris Evans, whose life was just as dramatic as that of her train robbing father. From her first-hand accounts of the manhunt for her father; her romance with his bandit partner, John Sontag; her career on the stage, portraying herself in a popular blood and thunder melodrama; and her surprising admission, at the end of her life, of her father's guilt, O'Connell tells a story that not only entertains, but is a valuable contribution to California history.--From publisher description.
Download or read book Rod Taylor written by Stephen Vagg and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first full-length biography of this pioneering Australian film star. It's the story of a working-class Sydney boy who went to Hollywood, took on the Americans at their own game on their own turf, in one of the toughest industries there is, and won.
Download or read book Case of the Great Train Robbery written by Rae Bains and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mark and his pet skunk, Sheldon, outwit a pair of train robbers.
Download or read book The Old West s Infamous Train Robbers and Their Historic Heists written by W.C. Jameson and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2023-07-01 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What sort of person undertakes to rob a multi-ton train surging down a set of rails at high speed? For the Old West’s most famous outlaws, including Jesse James, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, the Dalton Gang, and Black Jack Ketchum, it was as much about the thrill of the crime as the riches to be won, thumbing their noses at the authorities, and getting away with their crimes more often than not. These men, and at least one woman, were dare devils, rule breakers, adventurers, and rebels. In addition to their train robberies, they led colorful, dramatic, and dangerous lives. The Old West's Infamous Train Robbers and Their Historic Heists profiles sixteen noted train robbers (or train robbing gangs) along with the details of each their forty-seven hold-ups. The mechanics of each of their train robberies—planning, execution, and escape—are dissected and discussed. Pertinent background information relating to each outlaw/gang is included as well as what became of them following their train-robbery days.
Download or read book CANNONBALL EXPRESS 3 Train Robbers of Mars written by Kit Kane and published by Seven Monsters Media Ltd.. This book was released on with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Wow! It’s BUFFY meets FIREFLY on Mars with trains!” Barry J. Hutchison, bestselling author of SPACE TEAM The Cannonball Express. On the wild-west railroads of Mars, no other locomotive can touch her. As far as engineer-owner Jess Flint is concerned, friends and family are the only things she loves more. So when somebody goes and steals Jess’s steam-powered pride and joy, pity the robbers. Because now it’s up to Jess and her best friend Sally to saddle up, follow those departing rail wagons, and teach some blackhats a goddamn lesson in civility. Well... that was the plan. What wasn't the plan was infiltrating mysterious underground bunkers, escaping deadly flesh-stripping acid baths, and becoming a two-gal snack for Mars’s biggest and hungriest critter. All while neglecting to wear anything other than their pajamas. Oh, and let’s not forget the impending nuclear catastrophe our two unlucky heroines inadvertently trigger, set to vaporize thousands of innocent Martian colonists in a single blast… ——————— FANS OF THE FOLLOWING SERIES ALSO ENJOY CANNONBALL EXPRESS: Star Wars, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Firefly TV Series, Doctor Who, Star Trek, Lost in Space, Mandalorian, Buffy, Dr Who, Bobba Fett, Obi Wan Kenobi, Wild Wild West, Buck Rogers, Flash Gordon, Brisco County, Marvel Comics, DC Comics, Agent Carter, Avengers, Babylon 5, Babylon Five, Battlestar Galactica, Bionic Woman, Six Million Dollar Man, Blake's 7, Blake's Seven, Blue Thunder, Back to the Future, Gerry Anderson, Captain Scarlet, Captain Harlock, Outer Limits, Twilight Zone, Torchwood, Sarah Jane Adventures, Joss Whedon, Dan Dare, Earth Final Conflict, Farscape, Fireball XL5, Godzilla, Gundam, Joe 90, Thunderbirds, Jonny Quest, Knight Rider, Land of the Lost, Land of the Giants, Macross, Mazinger, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Power Rangers, Quantum Leap, Red Dwarf, RoboCop, SeaQuest, Space 1999, Space Patrol, Space Precinct, Stargate, Stingray, Terra Nova, Terrahawks, Time Tunnel, Tomorrow People, Transformers, Ultraman, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Irwin Allen, War of the Worlds, Warehouse 13, Wonder Woman, Backyard Starship, Starship for Sale, Alexis Carew, Junkyard Pirate, Doc Savage FANS OF THE FOLLOWING WRITERS ALSO ENJOY CANNONBALL EXPRESS: M.R. Forbes, MR Forbes, M R Forbes, Scott Baron, G.J. Ogden, GJ Ogden, G J Ogden, Mark Wayne McGinnis, James David Victor, L.L. Richman, LL Richman, L L Richman, Matt Rogers, Lindsay Buroker, Clara Woods, J.N. Chaney, JN Chaney, J N Chaney, Dominique Mondesir, Craig Martelle, Michael Anderle, H.G. Wells, HG Wells, H G Wells, E.E. Doc Smith, EE Doc Smith, E E Doc Smith, Barry J Hutchison, Barry J. Hutchison, Edgar Rice Burrows, Terry Maggert, Greig Beck, Jason Anspach, Jamie McFarlane, Daniel Arenson, Becky Chambers, Rick Partlow, Igor Nikolic, Joshua Dalzelle, Orson Scott Card, Jasper T. Scott, Jasper T Scott, Nathan Hystad, Ben S. Dobson, Ben S Dobson, James Haddock THE FOLLOWING KEYWORDS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH CANNONBALL EXPRESS: science fiction fantasy books, sci-fi adventure novels, sci-fi and fantasy books, sci-fi teen books, sci-fi fantasy books, sci-fi fantasy novels, sci fi adventure novels, pulp sci-fi adventure, sci-fi western books, western sci-fi books, space western books, science fiction action books, science fiction western books, sci fi adventure books, sci fi book sets, science fiction and fantasy books, sci fi western books, western sci fi books, sci-fi adventure books, sci-fi novels, sci-fi books, science fiction novels, science fiction adventure books, western science fiction books, sci-fi action books, sci fi space western book novel series female hero, sci fi space western book novel series mars trains, steampunk sci fi western novels, sci fi female protagonist, sci fi western with girl hero, best scifi steampunk genre book novel series story, scifi book novel about mars trains cowboys aliens, scifi female protagonist hero main lead character, scifi space western book novel series like firefly
Download or read book Rocky Mountain Train Robberies written by W.C. Jameson and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2019-05-01 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the most colorful parts of American History is the time of train robberies and the daring outlaws who undertook them in the period covering from just after the Civil War to 1924. For decades, the railroads were the principal transporters of payrolls, gold and silver, bonds, and passengers who often carried large sums of money as well as valuable jewelry. For the creative outlaw, trains became an obvious target for robbery. The list of America’s train robbers is a veritable Who’s Who of American outlawry and includes: Frank and Jesse James, Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid, Charles Searcy, Charles Morganfield, Sam Bass, Black Jack Ketchum, Seaborn Barnes, and others. To this cast of train robbery-related characters can be added the relentless investigations and pursuit by individuals associated with the Pinkerton Detectives, Texas Rangers, Wells Fargo detectives, railroad company detectives, as well as local and area law enforcement authorities. In addition, there are numerous tales of bravery that took place during train robberies involving heroic express car messengers, conductors, engineers, brakemen, and even passengers.
Download or read book The Great K A Train robbery written by Paul Leicester Ford and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
