02875cam a2200481 i 4500 1473127364 TxAuBib 20240801120000.0 240327s2024||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2024005157 9781643752839 hardcover 1643752839 hardcover (OCoLC)1401906766 TxAuBib rda Jobb, Dean, 1958-, author. A gentleman and a thief : the daring jewel heists of a Jazz Age rogue / Dean Jobb. First edition. Chapel Hill, North Carolina : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2024. 432 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 338-422) and index. A note to readers -- Prologue: Prince charming -- I: 'A grand life'. The courier -- A 'big-timer' -- First-aid man -- The long watch -- II: The ladder burglar. Second-story man -- A simple assault -- All that glitters -- Clients -- American rifles -- III: Gentleman thief. Cosden and Mountbatten. The Plaza pearls -- The great retriever -- Nightlife plunger -- Anna Blake -- IV: Prince of thieves. A scholarly cop -- The phantom -- 'Well-mannered bandits' -- The Rockefeller gems -- 'That slender rioutous island' -- The masterpiece -- V: The reckoning. The trap -- Owning up -- Only high-class work -- Up the river -- Sing sing -- VI: The fugitive. Breakout -- Refuge -- Mr. and Mrs. Toner -- The eaglet -- VII: A most dangerous criminal. Lindbergh suspect -- Celebrity crook - A fair trial -- 'My life of love and fear' -- VIII: Redemption. Hard time -- 'No dice' -- 'Easy come, easy go' -- An honest man -- Epilogue: Uncle Artie -- Acknowledgments -- Arthur Barry's major heists -- Notes on sources and endnotes -- Index. "A captivating true-crime caper about Arthur Barry, a jewel thief who charmed celebrities and millionaires, stole from Rockefellers and royalty, and pulled off the most audacious and lucrative heists of the Jazz Age"-- Provided by publisher. 20240801. Barry, Arthur. 1900-1999. Jewel thieves United States Biography. Jewelry theft United States History 20th century. Escapes United States History 20th century. Biography. fast Jewelry theft. fast Escapes. fast Biography. fast Jewel thieves. fast United States. fast True crime stories. Biographies. fast History. fast True crime stories. fast Biographies. fast