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(0)Daniel Simone
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Publisher
Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
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Description
New York City, 1972.Bobby Comfort and Sammy "the Arab" Nalo were highly skilled jewel thieves who specialized in robbing luxury Manhattan hotels. With the blessing of the Lucchese Crime Family, their next plot targeted the posh Pierre Hotel—host to kings and queens, presidents and aldermen, and the wealthiest of the wealthy. Attired in tuxedoes and driven in a limousine, this band of thieves arrived at the Pierre, seized the security guards...
2) The Pierre Hotel affair: how eight gentlemen thieves orchestrated the largest jewel heist in history
Author
Publisher
Pegasus Crime
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First Pegasus books cloth edition.
Physical Desc
xii, 402 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Chronicles the true story of the largest jewel theft in history by highly skilled thieves who orchestrated an elaborate plot to rob New York's Pierre Hotel with the blessing and assistance of the Lucchese crime family.
Author
Series
NBS special publication volume 345
Pub. Date
1971
Physical Desc
xvii, 170 pages : illustrations, map ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Author
Language
English
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On December 11, 1978, a daring armed robbery rocked Kennedy Airport, resulting in the largest unrecovered cash haul in world history, totaling six million dollars. The perpetrators were never apprehended and thirteen people connected to the crime were murdered in homicides that, like the crime itself, remain unsolved to this day. The burglary has fascinated the public for years, dominating headlines around the globe due to the story's unending ravel...