Wrong Side of the Law

Wrong Side of the Law

True Stories of Crime

$19.99

Publication Date: 20th August 2013

No matter where the atrocities were committed and no matter what the circumstances, criminal gangs such as the Hyslop, the Polka Dot, and the Newton Brothers outfits all had one thing in common: they lived on the wrong side of the law. From across Canada, Edward Butts presents an all-new selection of desperadoes. Read More
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No matter where the atrocities were committed and no matter what the circumstances, criminal gangs such as the Hyslop, the Polka Dot, and the Newton Brothers outfits all had one thing in common: they lived on the wrong side of the law. From across Canada, Edward Butts presents an all-new selection of desperadoes. Read More
Description

Bestselling true crime author Edward Butts presents a rogues’ gallery of desperadoes whose crimes range from robbery to murder.

English bank robbers on the run turn up in Newfoundland. A legendary Nova Scotia detective matches wits with smugglers. In the West the Mounties track down bandits and rustlers. Vancouver police officers hunt down the bank-robbing Hyslop Gang in the 1930s. A decade later the Polka Dot Gang rampages across Southern Ontario. The Newton Brothers’ Gang, outlaws from Texas, engage in a gunfight with bank guards on the streets of Toronto, and a former Canadian Pacific Railway engineer masterminds a sensational kidnapping in Colorado.

No matter where the atrocities were committed and no matter what the circumstances, these individuals all had one thing in common: they lived on the wrong side of the law.

Details
  • Price: $19.99
  • Pages: 224
  • Carton Quantity: 56
  • Publisher: Dundurn Press
  • Imprint: Dundurn Press
  • Publication Date: 20th August 2013
  • Trim Size: 6 x 9 in
  • ISBN: 9781459709522
  • Format: Paperback
  • BISACs:
    TRUE CRIME / Organized Crime
    TRUE CRIME / Murder / General
    TRUE CRIME / Hoaxes & Deceptions
Reviews
. . . Edward Butts’ very entertaining Wrong Side of the Law: True Stories of Crime will surprise many readers who didn’t know this peaceful country had such a rich criminal history.
- Canadian Lawyer Magazine
Author Bio
Edward Butts is the author of several historical true crime books, including The Desperate Ones (shortlisted for the Arthur Ellis Award), Running with Dillinger, Line of Fire, and Murder. He lives in Guelph, Ontario.

Bestselling true crime author Edward Butts presents a rogues’ gallery of desperadoes whose crimes range from robbery to murder.

English bank robbers on the run turn up in Newfoundland. A legendary Nova Scotia detective matches wits with smugglers. In the West the Mounties track down bandits and rustlers. Vancouver police officers hunt down the bank-robbing Hyslop Gang in the 1930s. A decade later the Polka Dot Gang rampages across Southern Ontario. The Newton Brothers’ Gang, outlaws from Texas, engage in a gunfight with bank guards on the streets of Toronto, and a former Canadian Pacific Railway engineer masterminds a sensational kidnapping in Colorado.

No matter where the atrocities were committed and no matter what the circumstances, these individuals all had one thing in common: they lived on the wrong side of the law.

  • Price: $19.99
  • Pages: 224
  • Carton Quantity: 56
  • Publisher: Dundurn Press
  • Imprint: Dundurn Press
  • Publication Date: 20th August 2013
  • Trim Size: 6 x 9 in
  • ISBN: 9781459709522
  • Format: Paperback
  • BISACs:
    TRUE CRIME / Organized Crime
    TRUE CRIME / Murder / General
    TRUE CRIME / Hoaxes & Deceptions
. . . Edward Butts’ very entertaining Wrong Side of the Law: True Stories of Crime will surprise many readers who didn’t know this peaceful country had such a rich criminal history.
– Canadian Lawyer Magazine
Edward Butts is the author of several historical true crime books, including The Desperate Ones (shortlisted for the Arthur Ellis Award), Running with Dillinger, Line of Fire, and Murder. He lives in Guelph, Ontario.