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NEW SIGNED CRIME BOOK BROTHERS NOTORIOUS - THE SHELTONS (SHELTON GANG) PENSONEAU
NEW SIGNED CRIME BOOK BROTHERS NOTORIOUS - THE SHELTONS (SHELTON GANG) PENSONEAU

NEW SIGNED CRIME BOOK BROTHERS NOTORIOUS - THE SHELTONS (SHELTON GANG) PENSONEAU

$ 8.44

Availability: 16 in stock
  • Modified Item: No
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • Condition: New
  • Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
  • Item must be returned within: 14 Days
  • Refund will be given as: Money Back
  • Restocking Fee: No
  • Organization: Mobs, Gangsters & Criminals

    Description

    DIRECT FROM THE AUTHOR and up for auction is a
    brand-new autographed
    copy of the true crime book,
    Brothers Notorious - The Sheltons
    , a fast-paced account of the rise and fall of Southern Illinois' legendary Shelton Gang. Many illustrations; 310 pages. This book makes a wonderful gift and can be shipped as a gift for no extra cost as long as its destination is within the USA.
    Don't be fooled by the cover photo in which Earl (l) and Carl Shelton look more like Sunday school teachers than gangsters. That image, as with some other never-before-published photos in the book, was from the Shelton family's own private photo album.
    Quoting the prologue: "The Sheltons they were, and they may or may not have been 'America's Bloodiest Gang,' as
    The Saturday Evening Post
    would have had readers believe in an article in 1950. Lawlessness abounded across the country during the Sheltons' reign from the Roaring Twenties through the heyday of gambling in the 1940s. Yet it was astounding the way attention riveted on the Sheltons and their exploits even as Al Capone set the standard for wickedness most embedded in the state's legacy. When the Sheltons rode highest in downstate Illinois, few would dare to spit on the sidewalks of towns where they held sway, such as East St. Louis and Peoria, without permission from a Shelton."
    The book is autographed (and personalization is an option) by  author, Taylor Pensoneau, the former St. Louis Post-Dispatch reporter whose most recent true crime book is
    Dapper
    and
    Deadly
    : The
    True
    Story
    of
    Black
    Charlie
    Harris
    . Pensoneau is also the author of two political biographies of former Illinois governors,
    Dan Walker, The Glory and The Tragedy
    and
    Richard Ogilvie: In the Interest of the State.
    Pensoneau also wrote the biography
    Powerhouse: Arrington from Illinois
    and
    The Summer of '50,
    a novel of suspense
    .
    Condition: Brand new. From a smoke-free environment.
    Shipping and handling cost is .75 for the first book and .00 for each additional book via media mail within the USA. Outside the US, please inquire.