{"product_id":"i-was-a-bandit-eddie-guerin-9781951473693","title":"I Was a Bandit","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"This is not what one could call in any shape or form a pretty story. It is the plain unvarnished tale of a man who has been a notorious criminal from his boyhood days, and it is printed only because it will prove, in a way that all the prison statistics in the world cannot prove, that you can't win at the crooked game....\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo begins the introduction to the original 1929 edition of \u003cem\u003eI Was a Bandit\u003c\/em\u003e by Eddie Guerin, a notorious thief who kept newspaper readers entertained on both sides of the Atlantic in the late 1800's. After a lifetime of crime, he was eventually given a life sentence on Devil's Island-from which he escaped-and sold his life story to a publisher. This reprint from Staccato Crime is the first new edition of that book in over 90 years. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Eddie Guerin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1951473698\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781951473693\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Stark House Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/05\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.43lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.00h x 4.25w x 0.55d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/25\/2021","brand":"Eddie Guerin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43994700546303,"sku":"9781951473693","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_179272c7-8400-44e2-bd46-6fe55b352bbf.jpg?v=1683331680","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/i-was-a-bandit-eddie-guerin-9781951473693","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}