How did a smalltime, hippocket bootlegger become one of the most notorious gangsters in the country? For George Machine Gun Kelly, the answer was simple a woman. Her name was Kathryn Thorne, a charming, strongminded beauty who, had family connections in the crime worldand big ambitions for the tall, handsome bootlegger. By the time she met Kelly, she was already an experienced criminal herself, divorced twice and ready to marry a man who could give her the posh life she always dreamed of. With that in mind, she bought Kelly his first machine gun. And the rest is history George Kelly wasnt a naturalborn gangster and never carried a weapon bigger than a revolver. But Kathryn changed all that. Like a mobbedup Lady Macbeth, she pushed her husband to commit greater crimes, introducing him to her friends in the underworld and convincing him to join in a series of bank robberies. Soon, the Kellys were living large, with a house in Texas, expensive jewellery, the works. But it wasnt enough, and eventually the couple hatched a daring plot to kidnap oil tycoon Charles Urschel. Their plan worked. They collected the ransomand captured the attention of the nation, the world and the FBI. A shocking story of ambition and greed, crime and punishment,Meet the Kellysoffers a fascinating portrait of a reluctant gangster named after a machine gun and a scheming moll as driven as Bonnie Parker and Ma Barker. A mustread for true crime fans.

Binding: Hardback;272 pages; Publisher: Citadel Press Inc.,U.S.; Classification: HB; Weight: 576 g; Dimensions: 236 x 163 x 28

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