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Caught! : nabbing history's most wanted

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    Publisher:
    Crown Books for Young Readers, 2019

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  • Author: Georgia, Bragg
    Contributor: O'Malley, Kevin
    Date:
    Created
    2019
    Summary:

    A humorous look at how famous people got caught, including Joan of Arc, Blackbeard, Al Capone, and more! From the award-winning team that brought you How They Croaked and How They Choked.

    Outlaw, assassin, art thief, and spy, these fourteen troublemakers and crooks--including Blackbeard the pirate, Typhoid Mary, and gangster Al Capone--have given the good guys a run for their money throughout the ages.

    Some were crooked, some were deadly, and some were merely out of line--but they all got Caught! as detailed in this fascinating and funny study of crime, culture, and forensic science.

    Featuring history's most wanted: Joan of Arc, Sir Walter Raleigh, Caravaggio, Blackbeard, John Wilkes Booth, Jesse James, Billy the Kid, Mata Hari, Typhoid Mary, Rasputin, Vincenzo Peruggia (Mona Lisa thief), Bernard Kuehn (Pearl Harbor spy), Anna Anderson (Anastasia impersonator), and Al Capone

    Original Publisher: S.I.
    Language(s): English
    ISBN: 9781524767433
    Collection(s)/Series: BC Summer Reading Club 2021