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Brown, Jim (Radio journalist).
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Ryan, Norman, 1895-1936.
Criminals -- Canada -- Biography.
Prisoners -- Ontario -- Kingston -- Biography.
Thieves -- Canada -- Biography.
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Brown, Jim (Radio journalist).
Ryan, Norman, 1895-1936.
Criminals -- Canada -- Biography.
Prisoners -- Ontario -- Kingston -- Biography.
Thieves -- Canada -- Biography.
MARC Display
The
golden
boy
of
crime
: the
almost
certainly
true
story
of
Norman
"
Red
"
Ryan
/ Jim Brown.
by
Brown, Jim (Radio journalist).
HarperCollins, 2019.
Call #:
364.1552 B878g
Subjects
Ryan
,
Norman
, 1895-1936.
Criminals -- Canada -- Biography.
Prisoners -- Ontario -- Kingston -- Biography.
Thieves -- Canada -- Biography.
ISBN:
9781443450096 (pbk.)
Description:
288 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Summary:
"Dubbed "the Jesse James of Canada,"
Norman
"
Red
"
Ryan
was infamous in the 1920s and '30s until he was gunned down in an attempted robbery in Sarnia, Ontario. Ernest Hemingway wrote about
Ryan
's escape from Kingston Penitentiary for the Toronto Star, Morley Callaghan based a novel on him and stories of
Ryan
and his crimes filled newspapers and airwaves. One of the first Canadians to be granted parole, he was held up by Prime Minister R. B. Bennett as a model of rehabilitation and became a regular guest at Toronto police picnics. All the while, however,
Ryan
was continuing a
crime
spree on the side."--From publisher.
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