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ISBN-10: 0814719805
ISBN-13: 9780814719800
Edition: 3rd 2006
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"With crisp prose and a lively selection of newspaper photographs, headlines, cartoons, and excerpts, authors Stephen Duncombe and Andrew Mattson tell a story of an outlaw couple and, through them, the story of an era." --"Boston Globe" "A pre-Bonnie and Clyde story...in all its tacky, trailer park intrigue." --"Blue Ridge Business Journal" "Brings alive the darker side of flapper-era Manhattan." --"Entertainment Weekly" It could have come out of Hollywood. . . . Stephen Duncombe and Andrew Mattson tell the story of this largely unremembered saga of crime and pursuit. The writing has velocity, and the amazing plot, with all its twists and turns, is alone worth the admission. More than… just narrative history, the book is about representation -- the multiple ways that the crime was reported in the New York press and instrumentalized and mobilized for a variety of causes. --"Journal of American History" ""The Bobbed Haired Bandit" is a fun read about a forgotten episolde." --"Justice" "Hello, Hollywood? Please option this book- I can't wait to see the movie version." --"Bust" "A book for anyone who loves a good crime thriller, this will appeal to even those who stay away from the non-fiction section of the book store." --"Parkersburg News and Sentinenal" "Combines history, popular culture, and the study of the press to bring to life a 19-year-old laundress from Brooklyn named Celia Cooney." --"New York Sun" "Celia Cooney was her real name, but in the early 1920s, after she and her husband committed a series of stickups in New York City, the world came to know her as the Bobbed Haired Bandit. Besides being a criminal, she was a godsend.Newspapers loved her, poets and song writers enshrined her in doggerel, pundits theorized about the effects of poverty on her ilk, the urban poor. There was even talk of sterilizing 'the unfit.' In "The Bobbed Haired Bandit: A True Story of Crime and Celebrity in 1920s New York," Stephen Duncombe and Andrew Mattson point out the many uses to which Cooney's example could be put: 'She was a feminist heroine and a wanton vamp. She was symptomatic of a permissive society that coddled its criminals and the unfortunate product of the slums and the factory, an argument for law and order, and a call for progressive social reform.'" --"Washington Post" "This rollicking true-crimer's subject recalls the nearly concurrent and similarly trumpeted Roxie Hart case in Chicago, which inspired the musical "Chicago," Since Duncombe and Mattson relentlessly reference their story without killing readability, this is a win-win package for true-crime. Roaring Twenties, and pop-culture fans alike." --"Booklist" ""The Bobbed Haired Bandit" is that increasingly rare species of historical work, a wild ride that happens to be true, a thumping good read that is built on truly impeccable research, and a rich portrait of America at a moment of crucial change that is as entertaining as any movie. Stephen Duncombe and Andrew Mattson arrive on the scene as already accomplished masters of their profession; and this book will appeal to any and all readers who want follow a seemingly unbelievable tale with the confidence that they can trust their guides absolutely. Its true crime, it's top-notch American history, it's flat-out fun--grab it." --Caleb Carr, author of "The Alienist" and "The ItalianSecretary" "This book is a fascinating look at a young woman who looked at her options and decided to play the P.R. game before the term had been invented. An historical account that reads like Doctorow, "The Bobbed Haired Bandit" is non-fiction at its most accessible." --"Crime Spree Magazine" "In 1924, Celia Cooney, a newly married laundress in Brooklyn, found herself unexpectedly pregnant. The Cooneys' $30-a-week income couldn't support a baby. So Celia and her husband, Ed, began holding up neighborhood drugstores. In this riveting book, the authors, scholars in history an