Daring Heists
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Daring Heists: Real Tales of Sensational Robberies and Robbers

By Tom McCarthy  
In the early morning hours after St. Patrick's Day in 1990, two thieves stole 13 works of art from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, Massachusetts. Daring Heists: Real Tales of Sensational Robberies and Robbers introduces readers to the suspenseful history of interesting crimes.
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In the early morning hours after St. Patrick's Day in 1990, two thieves stole 13 works of art from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, Massachusetts. Daring Heists: Real Tales of Sensational Robberies and Robbers introduces readers to the suspenseful history of interesting crimes.

  • Nonfiction narratives use clear, concise language that both avid and reluctant readers will be drawn to.
Available In:
Hardcover, $19.95
9781619305311
Paperback, $9.95
9781619305359
Includes: Table of Contents | Maps | Glossary
Specs: 5.75 x 9 size | black and white interior | 128 pages
Content Focus: Language Arts | World History

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction
Sensational Robberies and Robbers

Chapter One
D.B. Cooper: Into Thin Air

Chapter Two
The Queen of Thieves

Chapter Three
The Great Train Robbery

Chapter Four
A Half Billion Dollar Heist

Chapter Five
The Heist that Hurt an Entire Country

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