03222cam a2200421 i 450000100090000000300080000900500170001700700030003400800410003701000170007802000300009502000260012504000280015104100080017904200080018705000220019508200190021708400450023610000340028124500770031526000770039226400770046926400110054630000230055733600260058033700280060633800270063452010130066152007140167465000350238865000270242365000260245065000290247665000440250565000440254965000380259377601690263120653208BJBSDDR20230411090822.0ta180830t2010    nyu           000 0 eng    a  2018029711  a9780525566038 (paperback)  z9780525566069 (ebook)  aDLCbengerdacDLCdDLC  aeng  apcc00aHV6163b.G73 201000a364.1092/2223  aTRU002000aLCO010000aSOC0410002bisacsh1 aGrann, David,eauthor.d1967-14aThe old man and the gun :band other tales of true crime /cDavid Grann.  aNew York :bVintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC,c2010 1aNew York :bVintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC,c2010 4c©2010  a133 pages ;c21 cm  atextbtxt2rdacontent  aunmediatedbn2rdamedia  avolumebnc2rdacarrier  a"Now a major motion picture starring Robert Redford and Sissy Spacek, The Old Man and the Gun is here joined by two other riveting true-crime tales.  "The Old Man and the Gun" is the incredible story of a bank robber and prison escape artist who modeled himself after figures like Pretty Boy Floyd and who, even in his seventies, refuses to retire. "True Crime" follows the twisting investigation of a Polish detective who suspects that a novelist planted clues in his fiction to an actual murder. And "The Chameleon" recounts how a French imposter assumes the identity of a missing boy from Texas and infiltrates the boy's family, only to soon wonder whether he is the one being conned. In this mesmerizing collection, David Grann shows why he has been called a "worthy heir to Truman Capote" and "simply the best narrative nonfiction writer working today," as he takes the reader on a journey through some of the most intriguing and gripping real-life tales from around the world"--cProvided by publisher.  a""The Old Man and the Gun," is the story of a man who idolized the likes of Pretty Boy Floyd and, as a result, fashions himself into a notorious bank robber and escape artist. "The Chameleon" is the tale a French con artist gets in over his head when he impersonates a missing Texas teenager and raises the suspicions of a local private investigator. "True Crime" follows a riveting investigation in which a Polish cold-case detective makes an unlikely connection between a philosopher's novel and the murder case he's trying to crack. Grann takes the reader on a journey through some of the strangest and most thrilling real life stories of felonious behavior from around the world"--cProvided by publisher. 0aOlder offendersvCase studies. 0aThievesvCase studies. 0aMurdervCase studies. 0aCriminalsvCase studies. 7aTRUE CRIME / Murder / General.2bisacsh 7aLITERARY COLLECTIONS / Essays.2bisacsh 7aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Essays.2bisacsh08iOnline version:aGrann, David, author.tOld man and the gundNew York : Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, 2018z9780525566069w(DLC) 2019006262