Jim Brown

The Golden Boy of Crime (eBook, ePUB)

The Almost Certainly True Story of Norman "Red" Ryan

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Norman Red Ryan, dubbed the Jesse James of Canada, was infamous in the 1920s and '30s until he was gunned down in an attempted robbery in Sarnia, Ontario. Ernest Hemingway wrote about Ryan's escape from the Kingston Penitentiary for the Toronto Star, Morley Callaghan based a novel on him, and stories of Ryan and his daring crimes filled newspapers and airwaves. One of the first Canadians to be granted parole, he was held up by Prime Minister R.B. Bennett as a model of rehabilitation and became a regular guest at Toronto police picnics. All the while, however, Ryan was continuing a crime spree on the side.

With skepticism, humour and an often scathing examination of his own profession, journalist Jim Brown tells the incredible story of Red Ryan, a larger-​than-life criminal whose fame and legend were much encouraged by the media, with deadly results.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: HarperCollins Canada
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Mai 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781443450119
• Artikelnr.: 56793368

Autorenporträt

JIM BROWN has been a journalist for more than thirty years. He is best known for his work on CBC Radio, most recently as host of the weekly current affairs program The 180. Prior to joining the CBC, he worked as a newspaper reporter and magazine editor. His first film, Radiant City, won a Genie Award for best documentary in 2007 and was named one of the ten best films of the year at the Toronto International Film Festival. Jim lives in Calgary.