A late-nineteenth century rogues gallery of America's foremost murderers, bank robbers, con-men, forgers, embezzlers, and pickpockets. Written in 1886, Professional Criminals of America contains biographical sketches, including photographs, of some four hundred of the nation's leading criminals. Each profile details the crimes committed and the circumstances leading up to arrest and conviction. Also included are short chapters on executions, opium addiction, fugitives from justice, and prison commutation laws, along with chapters on mysterious unsolved murders, adventurers and adventuresses, and a list of every prison and state penitentiary in America at the time of publication.
- ISBN10 1585741132
- ISBN13 9781585741137
- Publish Date 1 August 2000
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 28 May 2002
- Publish Country US
- Publisher Rowman & Littlefield
- Imprint The Lyons Press
- Edition First ed.
- Format Paperback
- Pages 432
- Language English