The Big Red Fox: The Incredible Story of Norman "Red" Ryan, Canada's Most Notorious Criminal by Peter McSherry - 1999-09-01

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Toronto: Dundurn, 1999. Soft cover. NF. Sticker remnants.. 8x5x0. Biography of Norman Red Ryan, Canadian criminal.

Toronto : Dundurn Press, 1999. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good/No Dj. 8vo. pp. 216, b/w illustrations, the story of Norman ""Red"" Ryan the notorious bank robber, safe cracker, and killer

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Norman "Red" Ryan was a notorious bank robber, safecracker, and killer. He escaped from Kingston Penitentiary twice—first by force, and then years later by gulling the credulous into believing that he was "reformed." Ryan's second emancipation included the prison's Roman Catholic chaplain, several nationally prominent citizens, the country's largest newspaper, and, ultimately, R. B. Bennett, the prime minister of Canada, who made the mistake of arranging a "political parole" for Ryan.
Six people—three of them innocent victims—died as a result of Red Ryan's freedom. Dubbed "the Jesse James of Canada" and "Canada's most notorious criminal," Ryan had compiled a record of nineteen convictions for crimes of theft and violence, and had been in nine shooting affrays with police and citizens. He was a "lifer" in an arrow when "life" meant just… Read More

Paperback / softback. New. Norman Red Ryan escaped from Kingston Penitentiary twice first by force and then, years later, by gulling the credulous into believing that he was reformed.

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Paperback / softback. New. Norman Red Ryan escaped from Kingston Penitentiary twice first by force and then, years later, by gulling the credulous into believing that he was reformed.