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Author:   D.M. Testa
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.299kg
ISBN:  

9781476682099

ISBN 10:   1476682097
Pages:   226
Publication Date:   19 October 2020
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Acknowledgments Preface January 1977 Part One: The Feminine Drive 1. Miss Jessie 2. The Rain Baby 3. Silent Margaret 4. Bragging Rights 5. The Outside Man 6. Basest of Crimes 7. All Big Fellows Part Two: Of the Highest Caliber 8. Worst Kind of Luck 9. Disreputable Characters 10. Good News in Hard Times 11. Mr. Davies Takes a Tour 12. Battle of Wills 13. Answering the Charges 14. Pushing Back 15. Court of Public Opinion 16. The Trouble with Hilton 17. All the Tricks Part Three: Nerve Enough 18. The Quarry Murders 19. Chain of Evidence 20. Target Practice 21. Train Her in the Law 22. An Abuse of Discretion 23. Racing the Clock 24. The Heater Boys 25. Best She Could Do Afterword Chapter Notes Bibliography Index

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“Meticulously researched and compellingly told, Defending the Dillinger Gang provides us a slice of history that has for too long gone unrevealed. The characters are rich—female attorneys battling misogyny, outlaws who would become legendary—and D.M. Testa brings them to vibrant life, from the criminal culture of characters like John Dillinger to the courtroom wrangling of the legal protagonists and antagonists. It can be cliché to say that a book is history that reads like the best of fiction, but in D.M. Testa’s hands, that is the case with Defending the Dillinger Gang.”—Gary Craig, author of Seven Million: A Cop, A Priest, a Soldier for the IRA and the Still-Unsolved Rochester Brink’s Heist “D.M. Testa encapsulated a forgotten period in history and brought Jessie Levy and Bess Robbins back from the veil that time itself created. Two women that were far ahead of their time, and not afraid to outwit men in the same field as their own. The complexity of the corruption involved in the handling of the Dillinger gang in the court system is mind boggling, as the author has so in adeptly researched. Both Levy and Robbins, with scant means or promise of monetary gain, believed that even these men and women deserved a fair shake from the justice system.”—Lori Hyde, co-author Chasing Dillinger: Police Captain Matt Leach, J. Edgar Hoover and the Rivalry to Capture Public Enemy No. 1.

D.M. Testa encapsulated a forgotten period in history and brought Jessie Levy and Bess Robbins back from the veil that time itself created. Two women that were far ahead of their time, and not afraid to outwit men in the same field as their own. The complexity of the corruption involved in the handling of the Dillinger gang in the court system is mind boggling, as the author has so in adeptly researched. Both Levy and Robbins, with scant means or promise of monetary gain, believed that even these men and women deserved a fair shake from the justice system. --Lori Hyde, co-author Chasing Dillinger: Police Captain Matt Leach, J. Edgar Hoover and the Rivalry to Capture Public Enemy No. 1. Meticulously researched and compellingly told, Defending the Dillinger Gang provides us a slice of history that has for too long gone unrevealed. The characters are rich--female attorneys battling misogyny, outlaws who would become legendary--and D.M. Testa brings them to vibrant life, from the criminal culture of characters like John Dillinger to the courtroom wrangling of the legal protagonists and antagonists. It can be cliche to say that a book is history that reads like the best of fiction, but in D.M. Testa's hands, that is the case with Defending the Dillinger Gang. --Gary Craig, author of Seven Million: A Cop, A Priest, a Soldier for the IRA and the Still-Unsolved Rochester Brink's Heist

Meticulously researched and compellingly told, Defending the Dillinger Gang provides us a slice of history that has for too long gone unrevealed. The characters are rich-female attorneys battling misogyny, outlaws who would become legendary-and D.M. Testa brings them to vibrant life, from the criminal culture of characters like John Dillinger to the courtroom wrangling of the legal protagonists and antagonists. It can be cliche to say that a book is history that reads like the best of fiction, but in D.M. Testa's hands, that is the case with Defending the Dillinger Gang. -Gary Craig, author of Seven Million: A Cop, A Priest, a Soldier for the IRA and the Still-Unsolved Rochester Brink's Heist D.M. Testa encapsulated a forgotten period in history and brought Jessie Levy and Bess Robbins back from the veil that time itself created. Two women that were far ahead of their time, and not afraid to outwit men in the same field as their own. The complexity of the corruption involved in the handling of the Dillinger gang in the court system is mind boggling, as the author has so in adeptly researched. Both Levy and Robbins, with scant means or promise of monetary gain, believed that even these men and women deserved a fair shake from the justice system. -Lori Hyde, co-author Chasing Dillinger: Police Captain Matt Leach, J. Edgar Hoover and the Rivalry to Capture Public Enemy No. 1

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D.M. Testa has researched several Prohibition era true crime books. She lives in Leroy, New York.

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