Overview
Before Bonnie and Clyde there were Tiger Girl and the Candy Kid. In the wake of world war, a pandemic, and an economic depression, Margaret and Richard Whittemore, two love-struck working-class kids from Baltimore, reached for the dream of a better life. The couple headed up a gang that in less than a year stole over one million dollarsā worth of diamonds and precious gemsāover ten million dollars today.
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Margaret was a chic flapper, the archetypal gun moll, partner to her husbandās crimes. Richard was the quintessential bad boy, whose cunning and violent ambition allowed the Whittemores to live the kind of lives they'd only seen in the movies. Along the way he killed at least three men, until prosecutors managed a conviction. As tabloids across the country exclaimed the details of the coupleās star-crossed romance, they became heroes to a new generation of young Americans who sought their own version of freedom.
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Set against the backdrop of the Roaring Twentiesā excesses, acclaimed author Glenn Stout takes us from the jailhouse to the speakeasy, from the cabarets where the couple celebrated good times to the gallows where their story finally came to an endāleaving Tiger Girl pining for a final kiss. Tiger Girl and the Candy Kid is a thrilling tale of rags to riches, tragedy and infamy.
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This book title, Tiger Girl And The Candy Kid (America's Original Gangster Couple), ISBN: 9780358067771, by Glenn Stout, published by HMH Books (March 30, 2021) is available in hardcover. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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