HEIST Famous Canadian Robberies

Paperback. A staggering account and expose of famous Canadian bank robberies of the recent past. Employing his years of experience as an investigative reporter - as well as startling never-before-released information obtained firsthand from high-ranking police and bank officials - the author opens his crime files on: the infamous Longton and Lorder Lake heists of the early 1950s and 1960s; the fortunate 'fat man' of Vancouver who daily walked away with thousands; recent hostage heists in downtown Toronto and North York; Calgary's Chinook Centre robbery that netted over $300,000 - by a lone bandit; murderous Montreal - heist capital of North America; the world's biggest multimillion dollar getaways from Ottawa and Vancouver and the barefoot bank heist of St. Adolphe, Manitoba. With Appendix. 170pp. mass market p/back. From the library of true crime writer, Wilfred Gregg, with his personal b/plate. Lightly browned pp. Vg+ with no creasing to covers.