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FROM: [removed]@aol.com
REC'D: 2/18/05, 4:23 PM

I am looking for True Crime titles where the main focus is not on murder and/or serial killers. Some crimes I am looking for is gambling, con artists, robbery, kidnapping, drugs dealing/smuggling, etc. However, if there is a murder/serial killer title you can't keep to yourself let me know also.

Thanks for all your help!
Lesley Jakacki
McHenry Public Library
McHenry, IL

FROM: Lesa Holstine <[removed]@yahoo.com>
REC'D: 2/18/05, 4:35 PM

The Feb. 7 issue of PW refers to Kurt Eichenwald's
Enron saga "Conspiracy of Fools" as a true-crime
thriller.

And, I always had a fondness for Clifford Stoll's The
Cuckoo's Egg, subtitled "tracking a spy through the
computer maze of espionage."

Lesa Holstine
[removed]@yahoo.com
Glendale, AZ

FROM: "Marx, Charleen, JCL" <[removed]@jocolibrary.org>
REC'D: 2/18/05, 5:03 PM

My mystery book group just read our first true crime, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt. The discussion strayed from the murder quite a bit and many mentioned that the murder is really secondary to the overall story, which is about Savannah and its colorful cast of characters. Some even mentioned that it reads like a travel book. The murder occurs near the end of the book and is followed by the trials but it still seems like a book that really had a main focus other than the murder itself. At least that is the way most of the readers in our group saw it...my $0.02. ~Charleen



Charleen Marx
Information Services
Lackman Library
Johnson County Libraries
15345 W. 87 St. Pkwy.
Lenexa, KS 66219
913-495-7540
[removed]@jocolibrary.org

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From: [removed]@maillist.webrary.org on behalf of [removed]@aol.com
Sent: Fri 2/18/2005 4:19 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: True Crime- Not Murder

I am looking for True Crime titles where the main focus is not on murder and/or serial killers. Some crimes I am looking for is gambling, con artists, robbery, kidnapping, drugs dealing/smuggling, etc. However, if there is a murder/serial killer title you can't keep to yourself let me know also.

Thanks for all your help!
Lesley Jakacki
McHenry Public Library
McHenry, IL

FROM: David Wright <[removed]@yahoo.com>
REC'D: 2/18/05, 5:08 PM

How about:

The Heist, by Ernest Volkman
Big Stick Up at Brinks, by Noel Behn
The Men Who Robbed Brinks, by Joseph O'Keefe
The Man Who Robbed the Pierre, by Ira Berkow
The Big Steal, by Tony Marzano
The Seige of Sidney Street, by Donald Rumbelow
The Newton Boys, by Willis Newton
Drama in Diamonds, by Dennis Craig
Nazi Gold, by Ian Sayer

--- [removed]@aol.com wrote:

> I am looking for True Crime titles where the
> main focus is not on murder and/or serial
> killers. Some crimes I am looking for is
> gambling, con artists, robbery, kidnapping,
> drugs dealing/smuggling, etc. However, if there
> is a murder/serial killer title you can't keep
> to yourself let me know also.
>
> Thanks for all your help!
> Lesley Jakacki
> McHenry Public Library
> McHenry, IL
>
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FROM: Candice Michalik <[removed]@yahoo.com>
REC'D: 2/18/05, 6:28 PM

Catch Me if You Can by Frank Abagnale - a con artist
extraordinare!

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Lynchburg Public Library
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FROM: [removed]@aol.com
REC'D: 2/19/05, 12:07 AM

See if you can find a bio or bios of Frederick W. Demara (check sp.) - aka
The Great Imposter. He was the subject of a bio-pic starring Tony Curtis.
Demara impersonated people from all professions, including the medical profession.

Binnie Syril Braunstein
Romance novelist/former librarian

FROM: Lisa <[removed]@optonline.net>
REC'D: 2/19/05, 8:42 AM

Mezrich, Ben

Bringing Down the House: The Inside Story of Six M.I.T. Students Who Took
Vegas For Millions

Reppetto, John

American Mafia: A History of Its Rise to Power

Ford, Don Henry

Contrabando: Confessions of a Drug-Smuggling Texas Cowboy

Graham, Roy

Cowboy Mafia (drug smuggling, mafia)

Mason, Bill & Gruenfeld, Lee

Confessions of a Master Jewel Thief

Lisa Eickler

-------Original Message-------

From: Fiction_L

Date: 02/18/05 17:20:43

To: Fiction_L

Subject: True Crime- Not Murder

I am looking for True Crime titles where the main focus is not on murder
and/or serial killers. Some crimes I am looking for is gambling, con artists
robbery, kidnapping, drugs dealing/smuggling, etc. However, if there is a
murder/serial killer title you can't keep to yourself let me know also.

Thanks for all your help!

Lesley Jakacki

McHenry Public Library

McHenry, IL

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FROM: [removed]@cwmars.org" <[removed]@cwmars.org>
REC'D: 2/21/05, 12:50 PM

Ballad of the Whiskey Robber
Julian Rubinstein
"The book chronicles the criminal career of Attila Ambrus, one of Eastern
Europe's most famous thieves."

This book was featured on NPR's Weekend Edition Sunday, 2.13.2005.
If you want to listen to the interview, here's the link:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4497387

Barbara Oberlin
Reference Librarian
Gale Free Library
23 Highland Street
Holden, Massachusetts
01520-2522

508.829.0229

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From: Fiction_L [removed]@maillist.webrary.org
Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2005 17:00:40 -0600
To: [removed]@maillist.webrary.org
Subject: Fiction_L Digest #3955 - 02/18/05

Fiction_L Digest #3955 - Friday, February 18, 2005

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Subject: True Crime- Not Murder
From: <[removed]@aol.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2005 17:19:26 -0500

I am looking for True Crime titles where the main focus is not on murder
and/or serial killers. Some crimes I am looking for is gambling, con
artists, robbery, kidnapping, drugs dealing/smuggling, etc. However, if
there is a murder/serial killer title you can't keep to yourself let me
know also.

Thanks for all your help!
Lesley Jakacki
McHenry Public Library
McHenry, IL

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FROM: Mary Munday <[removed]@nsls.info>
REC'D: 2/21/05, 6:39 PM

This looks like it will be a good list to add to NFRA binders. Will you
print the compiled list?

Mary Munday
Reference Manager
Northbrook Public Library
1201 Cedar Lane
Northbrook, IL 60062
(847) 272-6224

FROM: "Peel, Nancy" <[removed]@city.windsor.on.ca>
REC'D: 2/21/05, 6:45 PM

From: Fiction_L
A recent title is The Irish Game: a true story of crime and art, by Matthew
Hart (2004), about the theft of an art collection from an Irish manor.

Nancy Peel
Windsor Public Library

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Date: 02/18/05 17:20:43
Subject: True Crime- Not Murder

I am looking for True Crime titles where the main focus is not on murder
and/or serial killers. Some crimes I am looking for is gambling, con artists
robbery, kidnapping, drugs dealing/smuggling, etc. However, if there is a
murder/serial killer title you can't keep to yourself let me know also.

Thanks for all your help!

Lesley Jakacki

McHenry Public Library

McHenry, IL

FROM: Sarah Statz <[removed]@merr.com>
REC'D: 2/21/05, 4:18 PM

1. "Heist! The $17 Million Loomis Fargo Theft," by Jeff Diamant,
2002. More Keystone Kops routine than heist, it's still a story of an
armored vehicle theft.
2. "The Irish Game: A True Story of Crime and Art," by Matthew Hart,
2004. Short enough to be read in one sitting, this is a fascinating
portrait of one of Ireland's most infamous art crimes and criminals.
3. "Confessions of a Master Jewel Thief," by Bill Mason and Lee Gruenfeld,
2004 (also "The Art of the Steal," same author). Inside look at the mild
mannered professional by day, robber during every other time, life of Bill
Mason.
4. Of course - Frank Abagnale Jr.'s "Catch Me if You Can," fast-paced con
man action.
and, although it technically starts out with a murder:
5. "A Cold Case" by Philip Gourevitch (the author of "We Wish To Inform You
that Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families..."), a short but
fascinating study of a New York cop's thirty year hunt for Frank Koehler,
who shot two men and then went underground.

Hope those help!
Sarah Statz
Madison Public Library
[removed]@merr.com

>I am looking for True Crime titles where the main focus is not on murder
>and/or serial killers. Some crimes I am looking for is gambling, con
>artists, robbery, kidnapping, drugs dealing/smuggling, etc.

FROM: "Diane Brown" <[removed]@scld.org>
REC'D: 2/22/05, 11:22 AM

There is a new biography coming out about Charles Ponzi, of Ponzi scheme
fame.
Ponzi's Scheme: The True Story of a Financial Legend / by Mitchell
Zuckoff.

--Diane
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Diane Brown
Collection Services Librarian
Spokane County Library District
[removed]@scld.org
(509) 924-4122 ext. 237

All opinions are my own.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


-----Original Message-----

I am looking for True Crime titles where the main focus is not on murder
and/or serial killers. Some crimes I am looking for is gambling, con
artists, robbery, kidnapping, drugs dealing/smuggling, etc. However, if
there is a murder/serial killer title you can't keep to yourself let me
know also.

Thanks for all your help!
Lesley Jakacki
McHenry Public Library
McHenry, IL

FROM: "Marika Zemke" <[removed]@hotmail.com>
REC'D: 2/23/05, 5:24 AM

Yes, please compile a list for Crime not murder!

Marika Zemke
Adult Services Librarian
West Bloomfield Township Public Library
4600 Walnut Lake Rd.
West Bloomfield, MI 48323
[removed]@wblib.org
248-232-2303

"I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library."
Jorge Luis Borges

FROM: [removed]@aol.com
REC'D: 2/26/05, 1:08 PM

Abagnale, Frank Catch Me if You Can
Atwood, Roger Stealing History
Behm, Noel Big Stick Up at Brinks
Berkow, Ira The Man Who Robbed the Pierre
Boese, Alex Museum of Hoaxes
Bowden, Mark Doctor Dealer
Burnett, John Dangerous Waters: Modern
Piracy and Terror on the High Seas
Cooley, Robert When Corruption Was King: How I
Helped the Mob Rule Chicago, Then
Brought The Outfit Down
Craig, Dennis Drama in Diamonds
Crichton, Robert The Great Impostor
Davis, Natalie Zemon The Return of Martin Guerre
Diamant, Jeff Heist! The $17 Million Loomis Fargo
Theft
Eichenwald, Kurt Conspiracy of Fools
Feliciano, Hector The Lost Museum: the Nazi Conspiracy
to Steal the World’s Greatest Works
of Art
Fenton, Peter Eyeing the Flash
Ford, Don Henry Contrabando: Confessions of a Drug-
Smuggling Texas Cowboy
Gourevitch, Philip A Cold Case
Graham, Roy Cowboy Mafia
Hallwas, John E. The Bootlegger: A Story of Small-Town
America
Hart, Matthew, The Irish Game: A True Story of Crime
and Art
Harvey, Miles The Island of Lost Maps
Hilldorfer, Joseph The Cyanide Canary
Loya, Joe The Man Who Outgrew His Prison Cell:
Confessions of a Bank Robber
Marzano, Tony The Big Steal
Mason,B & Gruenfeld,L Confessions of a Master Jewel Thief
Mezrich, Ben Bringing Down the House: The Inside
Story of Six M.I.T. Students Who Took
Vegas For Millions
Newton, Willis The Newton Boys
O’Keefe, Joseph The Men Who Robbed Brinks
Rayner, Richard Drake’s Fortune: The Fabulous True
Story of the Greatest Confidence
Artist
Reppetto, John American Mafia: A History of Its Rise
to Power
Rubinstein, Julian Ballad of the Whiskey Robber
Rumbelow, Donald The Siege of Sidney Street
Sayer, Ian Nazi Gold
Schlosser, Eric Reefer Madness: Sex, Drugs and Cheap
Labor in the American Black Market
Stewart, James B. Den of Thieves
Stolls, Clifford The Cuckoo’s Egg
Trienes, Howard Landscape with Smokestacks: The
Case of the Allegedly Plundered Degas
Urrea, Luis Alberto The Devil’s Highway
Volkman, Ernest The Heist
Worrall, Simon The Poet and the Murderer: A True
Story of Literary Crime and the Art
of Forgery
Zuckoff, Mitchell Ponzi's Scheme: The True Story of a
Financial Legend

Thanks!
Lesley Jakacki
McHenry Public Library
McHenry, IL

FROM: Susan McClelland <[removed]@northwestern.edu>
REC'D: 2/28/05, 4:31 PM

...and speaking of True Crime-Not murder, consider this title:
Kings: the true story of Chicago's policy kings and numbers
racketeers: an informal history by Nathan Thompson.
Chicago: Bronzeville Press, 2003.

Sue McClelland
Reader's Advisor
Evanston Public Library
Evanston,IL

On Feb 26, 2005, at 2:00 PM, Fiction_L wrote:

> Fiction_L Digest #3969 - Saturday, February 26, 2005
>
> True Crime- Not Murder- List Complied
> by <[removed]@aol.com>
> Alzheimer's reader - few characters
> by "Susan Lohr" <[removed]@stratford.lib.ct.us>
>
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Subject: True Crime- Not Murder- List Complied
> From: <[removed]@aol.com>
> Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2005 13:59:51 -0500
>
> Abagnale, Frank Catch Me if You Can
> Atwood, Roger Stealing History
> Behm, Noel Big Stick Up at Brinks
> Berkow, Ira The Man Who Robbed the Pierre
> Boese, Alex Museum of Hoaxes
> Bowden, Mark Doctor Dealer
> Burnett, John Dangerous Waters: Modern
> Piracy and Terror on the High Seas
> Cooley, Robert When Corruption Was King: How I
> Helped the Mob Rule Chicago, Then
> Brought The Outfit Down
> Craig, Dennis Drama in Diamonds
> Crichton, Robert The Great Impostor
> Davis, Natalie Zemon The Return of Martin Guerre
> Diamant, Jeff Heist! The $17 Million Loomis Fargo
> Theft
> Eichenwald, Kurt Conspiracy of Fools
> Feliciano, Hector The Lost Museum: the Nazi Conspiracy
> to Steal the World=E2=80=99s Greatest Works
> of Art
> Fenton, Peter Eyeing the Flash
> Ford, Don Henry Contrabando: Confessions of a Drug-
> Smuggling Texas Cowboy
> Gourevitch, Philip A Cold Case
> Graham, Roy Cowboy Mafia
> Hallwas, John E. The Bootlegger: A Story of Small-Town
> America
> Hart, Matthew, The Irish Game: A True Story of Crime
> and Art
> Harvey, Miles The Island of Lost Maps
> Hilldorfer, Joseph The Cyanide Canary
> Loya, Joe The Man Who Outgrew His Prison Cell:
> Confessions of a Bank Robber
> Marzano, Tony The Big Steal
> Mason,B & Gruenfeld,L Confessions of a Master Jewel Thief
> Mezrich, Ben Bringing Down the House: The Inside
> Story of Six M.I.T. Students Who Took
> Vegas For Millions
> Newton, Willis The Newton Boys
> O=E2=80=99Keefe, Joseph The Men Who Robbed Brinks
> Rayner, Richard Drake=E2=80=99s Fortune: The Fabulous True
> Story of the Greatest Confidence
> Artist
> Reppetto, John American Mafia: A History of Its Rise
> to Power
> Rubinstein, Julian Ballad of the Whiskey Robber
> Rumbelow, Donald The Siege of Sidney Street
> Sayer, Ian Nazi Gold
> Schlosser, Eric Reefer Madness: Sex, Drugs and Cheap
> Labor in the American Black Market
> Stewart, James B. Den of Thieves
> Stolls, Clifford The Cuckoo=E2=80=99s Egg
> Trienes, Howard Landscape with Smokestacks: The
> Case of the Allegedly Plundered Degas
> Urrea, Luis Alberto The Devil=E2=80=99s Highway
> Volkman, Ernest The Heist
> Worrall, Simon The Poet and the Murderer: A True
> Story of Literary Crime and the Art
> of Forgery
> Zuckoff, Mitchell Ponzi's Scheme: The True Story of a
> Financial Legend
>
> Thanks!
> Lesley Jakacki
> McHenry Public Library
> McHenry, IL
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Subject: Alzheimer's reader - few characters
> From: "Susan Lohr" <[removed]@stratford.lib.ct.us>
> Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2005 14:14:25 -0500
>
> I've checked the archives, and some of the prior threads relating
> to=20=

> books for people living with Alzheimer's have offered some=20
> possibilities to investigate, but I wonder if anyone could help with
a=20=

> particular angle. Our patron is inquiring on behalf of someone who=20
> would like to read books with relatively few characters, perhaps
> 2-3=20=

> characters, for example. The inquiring patron did not specify that=20
> the book had to be a certain genre of book, so the small number of=20
> characters is the key aspect of this request - however, we
understand=20=

> that the person with Alzheimer's likes (or liked) reading mysteries.
=20=

> Your suggestions, as always, are much appreciated.
>
> Susan
>
> Susan Lohr
> Stratford Library Association
> 2203 Main Street
> Stratford, CT 06615
> (203)385-4164
>
>
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