Crooks Like Us - Peter Doyle
Crooks Like Us - Peter Doyle
At last the much anticipated follow up to City of Shadows. Peter Doyle's new book tells the real story behind the mysterious photographs from early Australian police records. He adds flesh to the haunting images of the crims, prostitutes, pick pockets and pimps that stare back at us from history.
In the 1920s Sydney police began assembling a gallery of the city's most light-fingered, fleet-footed, silver-tongued rogues. These images resurfaced in the 1980s, long after the original paperwork had been lost. This book offers a glimpse into the lives of these fugitive souls.
Riveting stories and extraordinary images from Sydney's mysterious and chilling underworld in the early 20th century.