Everyone loves a good villain! From the back pages of history, vivid, entertaining portraits of littleknown scoundrels whose misdeeds range from the simply inept to the truly horrifying.Even if youre an avid history buff, youve probably never heard of this disreputable cast of characters A drunken, neerdowell cop who abandoned his post at Fords Theatre, giving assassin John Wilkes Booth unchallenged access to President Lincoln a notorious Kansas quack who made millions by implanting billy goat testicles in gullible male patients and Americas worst female serial killer ever. These are three of the memorable but littleknown rogues profiled in this eyeopening and entertaining book.Dividing his profiles into three categoriesvillains, scoundrels, and roguesauthor and former National Geographic editor Paul Martin serves up concise, colorful biographies of thirty of Americas most outrageous characters. Whether readers choose to be horrified by the story of Ed Gein, Alfred Hitchcocks hideous inspiration for Psycho, or marvel at the clever duplicity of the con artist who originated the phony bookie operation portrayed in The Sting, theres something here for everyone.Brimming with audacious, unforgettable characters often overlooked by standard history books, this pageturner is a must for anyone with an interest in the varieties of human misbehavior.

Binding: Paperback;306 pages; Publisher: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc; Classification: N/A; Weight: 533.22 g; Dimensions: N/A

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