Encyclopedia of Canadian Organized Crime From Captain Kidd to Mom Boucher

Name: Encyclopedia of Canadian Organized Crime From Captain Kidd to Mom Boucher
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ISBN: 9780771030499

ISBN-10: 0771030495

ISBN-13: 9780771030499

Edition: 2012

Authors: Peter Edwards, Michel Auger

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You may never again think of Canadians as law-abidingRespected crime reporters Peter Edwards and Michel Auger have pooled their research and expertise to createThe Encyclopedia of Canadian Organized Crime. Sometimes grim, sometimes amusing, and always entertaining, this book is filled with 300 entries and more than 150 illustrations, covering centuries of organized crime. From pirates such as “Black Bart,” who sheltered in isolated Newfoundland coves to strike at the shipping lanes between Europe and the North American colonies, all the way to the most recent influx of Russianmobsters, who arrived after the end of the Cold War in 1989 and are now honing their sophisticated technological…

Book details

List price: $24.99
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: McClelland & Stewart
Publication date: 7/31/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 7.05" wide x 9.17" long x 0.91" tall
Weight: 0.968
Language: English

Michel Auger has been a journalist with "Le Nouvelliste, "Metro-Express, radio station CKVL, and "La Presse. Between 1979 and 1984 he was a producer with the CBC television program "the fifth estate. Since that time he has been a reporter with "Le Journal de Montreal. His expertise with respect to crime in Canada is recognized across the country and abroad."From the Hardcover edition.