David W Maurer: 2 books
Whiz Mob
A Correlation of the Technical Argot of Pickpockets with Their Behavior Pattern
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 1964
Whiz Mob is David W. Maurer's classic study of the world of pickpockets. Similar to his best-known work, The Big Con, in Whiz Mob Maurer explains the colorful expressions and vivid words used by pickpockets and uses them to provide a window into the life and experiences of the professional criminal....
by David W. Maurer
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2013
" When the first American tax on distilled spirits was established in 1791, violence broke out in Pennsylvania. The resulting Whiskey Rebellion sent hundreds of families down the Ohio River by flatboat, stills on board, to settle anew in the fertile bottomlands of Kentucky. Here they used cold...