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As long as the United States has banks, robbers will try to steal from them. A History of Heists details trends in bank robbery, including how advances in law enforcement and security have foiled many bandits. The ostensible goal of every bank robbery is to get the money, but it is a crime that often has a strong hold on the popular imagination.
List of contents
Introduction
1: Breaking In: Early Banks and Early Thieves
2: The Original Outlaw: Jesse James, the Civil War, and Crimes like No Other
3: Robbery on the Range: The Wild West, the Wild Bunch, and the Rise of the Professional Bandit
4: The G-Men Get Guns: Bank Robbery and the Birth of the Modern FBI
5: Marquee Mayhem: John Dillinger, Bonnie and Clyde, and the Glamorization of the Gangster
6: Lone Wolves: Willie Sutton, the Great Brink's Robbery, and a Thief Found Dead
7: Countercultural Chaos: Clean-Cut Killers, Patty Hearst, and a Dog Day Afternoon
8: Striking Back, Striking Big: Boosted Bank Security and Record-Breaking Hauls
9: Robbery and Reverberations: Pizza Bomber, the Post-9/11 FBI, and Online Heists
Afterword
About the author
By Jerry Clark and Ed Palattella
Summary
As long as the United States has banks, robbers will try to steal from them. A History of Heists details trends in bank robbery, including how advances in law enforcement and security have foiled many bandits. The ostensible goal of every bank robbery is to get the money, but it is a crime that often has a strong hold on the popular imagination.
