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Crash Out: Die wahre Geschichte von einem Küchenkind einer Hölle an... von Goewey, David Hardcover
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- 1400054699
- EAN
- 9781400054695
- Date of Publication
- 2005-11-08
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- Type
- Hardback
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- Crash Out: The True Tale Of A Hell's Kitchen Kid And The Blood...
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- Goewey, David
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Publisher
Crown Publishing Group, T.H.E.
ISBN-10
1400054699
ISBN-13
9781400054695
eBay Product ID (ePID)
45881896
Product Key Features
Book Title
Crash Out : the True Tale of a Hell's Kitchen Kid and the Bloodiest Escape in Sing Sing History
Number of Pages
320 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2005
Topic
United States / 20th Century, General, Penology, Criminology
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Social Science, History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.2 in
Item Weight
18.9 Oz
Item Length
6.3 in
Item Width
9.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2005-007531
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
ADVANCE PRAISE FOR "CRASH OUT "With a crisp and detailed narrative and unforgettable Runyonesque characters, "Crash Out captures the fascinating hard-boiled history of Sing Sing and the men who dared escape its walls." --Neil Bascomb, author of "The Perfect Mile ""Crash Out is not only a gripping account of a prison break, but a vivid re-creation of a part of American history that seems as if its high drama actually played out in daily rushes of black and white film. Goewey must have written this book with the ghosts of George Raft and Edward G. Robinson standing at his shoulder. Top-of-the-world stuff." --Les Standiford, author of "Meet You in Hell and "Last Train to Paradise "David Goewey's personal connection to the world behind the walls of Sing Sing brings a passionate expertise to his narration of the bloodiest episode in its history. With a novelist's flare for pacing and character--but without ever taking imaginative flight away from historical fact, as a lesser writer might do--he reanimates a story of desperation, bravery, pride, and violence that time and secrecy have long hidden from our sight." --Jonathan Dee, author of "Palladio "Beautifully written, well-researched, and filled with Cagney-like characters, "Crash Out is a classic page-turner, one that will transport the reader to the chaotic and coarse streets of Depression-era New York City." --Bob Kerrey, president, The New School, ADVANCE PRAISE FOR "CRASH OUT" " With a crisp and detailed narrative and unforgettable Runyonesque characters, "Crash Out" captures the fascinating hard-boiled history of Sing Sing and the men who dared escape its walls." -- Neil Bascomb, author of "The Perfect Mile" " "Crash Out" is not only a gripping account of a prison break, but a vivid re-creation of a part of American history that seems as if its high drama actually played out in daily rushes of black and white film. Goewey must have written this book with the ghosts of George Raft and Edward G. Robinson standing at his shoulder. Top-of-the-world stuff." -- Les Standiford, author of "Meet You in Hell "and "Last Train to Paradise" " David Goewey' s personal connection to the world behind the walls of Sing Sing brings a passionate expertise to his narration of the bloodiest episode in its history. With a novelist' s flare for pacing and character-- but without ever taking imaginative flight away from historical fact, as a lesser writer might do-- he reanimates a story of desperation, bravery, pride, and violence that time and secrecy have long hidden from our sight." -- Jonathan Dee, author of "Palladio" " Beautifully written, well-researched, and filled with Cagney-like characters, "Crash Out" is a classic page-turner, one that will transport the reader to the chaotic and coarse streets of Depression-era New York City." -- Bob Kerrey, president, The New School, ADVANCE PRAISE FORCRASH OUT "With a crisp and detailed narrative and unforgettable Runyonesque characters,Crash Outcaptures the fascinating hard-boiled history of Sing Sing and the men who dared escape its walls." -Neil Bascomb, author ofThe Perfect Mile "Crash Outis not only a gripping account of a prison break, but a vivid re-creation of a part of American history that seems as if its high drama actually played out in daily rushes of black and white film. Goewey must have written this book with the ghosts of George Raft and Edward G. Robinson standing at his shoulder. Top-of-the-world stuff." -Les Standiford, author ofMeet You in HellandLast Train to Paradise "David Goewey's personal connection to the world behind the walls of Sing Sing brings a passionate expertise to his narration of the bloodiest episode in its history. With a novelist's flare for pacing and character-but without ever taking imaginative flight away from historical fact, as a lesser writer might do-he reanimates a story of desperation, bravery, pride, and violence that time and secrecy have long hidden from our sight." -Jonathan Dee, author ofPalladio "Beautifully written, well-researched, and filled with Cagney-like characters,Crash Outis a classic page-turner, one that will transport the reader to the chaotic and coarse streets of Depression-era New York City." -Bob Kerrey, president, The New School , ADVANCE PRAISE FOR "CRASH OUT" "With a crisp and detailed narrative and unforgettable Runyonesque characters, "Crash Out" captures the fascinating hard-boiled history of Sing Sing and the men who dared escape its walls." --Neil Bascomb, author of "The Perfect Mile" ""Crash Out" is not only a gripping account of a prison break, but a vivid re-creation of a part of American history that seems as if its high drama actually played out in daily rushes of black and white film. Goewey must have written this book with the ghosts of George Raft and Edward G. Robinson standing at his shoulder. Top-of-the-world stuff." --Les Standiford, author of "Meet You in Hell "and "Last Train to Paradise" "David Goewey's personal connection to the world behind the walls of Sing Sing brings a passionate expertise to his narration of the bloodiest episode in its history. With a novelist's flare for pacing and character--but without ever taking imaginative flight away from historical fact, as a lesser writer might do--he reanimates a story of desperation, bravery, pride, and violence that time and secrecy have long hidden from our sight." --Jonathan Dee, author of "Palladio" "Beautifully written, well-researched, and filled with Cagney-like characters, "Crash Out" is a classic page-turner, one that will transport the reader to the chaotic and coarse streets of Depression-era New York City." --Bob Kerrey, president, The New School
Dewey Decimal
365/.641
Synopsis
The enthralling and evocative story of tough Depression-era bandits who vowed to make something of themselves, even if that meant defying the stone walls of America's most infamous prison, by a writer who grew up in Sing Sing's shadow. During an era of never-ending breadlines and corrupt cops, no place churned out budding crooks more efficiently than Hell's Kitchen. Neighborhood loyalties bonded gangs of immigrant sons who were looking for a way out of 1930s New York, and waterfront kids like Whitey Riordan paid the bills with small-time hustling. But when enterprising crook Patches Waters invited Whitey into the Shopping Bag Gang, Whitey jumped at the big score. Bold black headlines announced the group's string of successful heists, but the gravy train abruptly halted in 1939 when someone squealed and police captured most of the gang. Patches and Whitey were sent up the river to Sing Sing. Westside connections couldn't help much there, in the infamous Hudson River prison that had housed convicts for more than a century. In Sing Sing the boys had to answer to veteran warden Lewis Lawes, a revolutionary reformer who preferred trust and rehabilitation to old standbys like the lash and the yoke. Progressive indeed, but nothing changed the fact that Whitey and Patches, along with more than 2,800 other men, faced a future of endless days in a cage of limestone, cement, and steel. Perhaps inevitably, their thoughts turned to escape. A string of well-publicized jailhouse riots and breakouts captured the country's interest in the 1930s, and though prisons kept stepping up security, convicts continued to crash out. When Patches encountered an old cellblock crony who had stumbled upon a way out, he pieced together a daring escape plot involving purloined guns, counterfeit keys, precision timing, a complex network of outside accomplices, and the kind of outsize bravado that would have made Dillinger proud. Unable to resist the thought of freedom, Whitey signed on. On Easter Sunday 1941, the three embarked upon the most sensational breakout in the prison's history. Leaving four men dead and indelibly staining the reputation of the nation's most famous warden, the Westside boys transcended their wildest dreams, only to find themselves backed to the edge of a wide, dark river. Meticulously researched and beautifully written,Crash Outis a gritty, page-turning saga that reveals how the career of one resilient hustler can illuminate a sliver of Americana. A riveting account of the boldest escape in Sing Sing history and the gangster culture that birthed the defiant bandits,Crash Outis a gripping historical epic set against the fascinating backdrop of Depression-era New York., Here's a riveting account of the boldest escape in Sing Sing history and the gangster culture that birthed the defiant bandits involved. Refusing to accept long-term lockup, two inmates on Easter, 1941, make the most daring and sensational escape, killing four men., The enthralling and evocative story of tough Depression-era bandits who vowed to make something of themselves, even if that meant defying the stone walls of America' s most infamous prison, by a writer who grew up in Sing Sing' s shadow. During an era of never-ending breadlines and corrupt cops, no place churned out budding crooks more efficiently than Hell' s Kitchen. Neighborhood loyalties bonded gangs of immigrant sons who were looking for a way out of 1930s New York, and waterfront kids like Whitey Riordan paid the bills with small-time hustling. But when enterprising crook Patches Waters invited Whitey into the Shopping Bag Gang, Whitey jumped at the big score. Bold black headlines announced the group' s string of successful heists, but the gravy train abruptly halted in 1939 when someone squealed and police captured most of the gang. Patches and Whitey were sent up the river to Sing Sing. Westside connections couldn' t help much there, in the infamous Hudson River prison that had housed convicts for more than a century. In Sing Sing the boys had to answer to veteran warden Lewis Lawes, a revolutionary reformer who preferred trust and rehabilitation to old standbys like the lash and the yoke. Progressive indeed, but nothing changed the fact that Whitey and Patches, along with more than 2,800 other men, faced a future of endless days in a cage of limestone, cement, and steel. Perhaps inevitably, their thoughts turned to escape. A string of well-publicized jailhouse riots and breakouts captured the country' s interest in the 1930s, and though prisons kept stepping up security, convicts continued to crash out. When Patches encountered anold cellblock crony who had stumbled upon a way out, he pieced together a daring escape plot involving purloined guns, counterfeit keys, precision timing, a complex network of outside accomplices, and the kind of outsize bravado that would have made Dillinger proud. Unable to resist the thought of freedom, Whitey signed on. On Easter Sunday 1941, the three embarked upon the most sensational breakout in the prison' s history. Leaving four men dead and indelibly staining the reputation of the nation' s most famous warden, the Westside boys transcended their wildest dreams, only to find themselves backed to the edge of a wide, dark river. Meticulously researched and beautifully written, "Crash Out" is a gritty, page-turning saga that reveals how the career of one resilient hustler can illuminate a sliver of Americana. A riveting account of the boldest escape in Sing Sing history and the gangster culture that birthed the defiant bandits, "Crash Out" is a gripping historical epic set against the fascinating backdrop of Depression-era New York.
LC Classification Number
HV8658.R56G64 2005
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