{"product_id":"the-golden-boy-of-crime-the-almost-certainly-true-story-of-norman-red-ryan-9781443450102","title":"The Golden Boy of Crime: The Almost Certainly True Story of Norman Red Ryan","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePraise for Canada's Most Overrated Bank Robber\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Standing at the foot of the scantling . . . was a\u003cbr\u003ethick, freckle-faced man whose prison cap could not hide his flaming head. It\u003cbr\u003ewas 'Red' Ryan.\" --Ernest Hemingway\u003cbr\u003e\"A malicious little bastard.\" --Ryan's childhood\u003cbr\u003efriend\u003cbr\u003e\"Norman Ryan is a vicious, dangerous and resourceful\u003cbr\u003ethief.\" --Toronto police chief S. J. Dickson\u003cbr\u003e\"Ryan is well liked in Kingston prison. A fine, \u003cbr\u003ehandsome, clean-cut man, he stands out as a giant among the inmates.\" --Athol\u003cbr\u003eGow, \u003cem\u003eToronto\u003cbr\u003eStar\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"We narrowly escaped meeting him. If we had, we fear\u003cbr\u003ewe might, like nearly everybody else, have succumbed to his fatal charm.\" --J.\u003cbr\u003eV. MCAREE, \u003cem\u003eThe Globe and Mail\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I'm glad he is dead.\" --Senator H. A. Mullins\u003cbr\u003eDubbed \"the Jesse James of Canada,\" Norman \"Red\"\u003cbr\u003eRyan was infamous in the 1920s and '30s until he was gunned down in an\u003cbr\u003eattempted robbery in Sarnia, Ontario. Ernest Hemingway wrote about Ryan's\u003cbr\u003eescape from Kingston Penitentiary for the \u003cem\u003eToronto Star\u003c\/em\u003e, Morley Callaghan based a novel on him, \u003cbr\u003eand stories of Ryan and his daring crimes filled newspapers and airwaves. One\u003cbr\u003eof the first Canadians to be granted parole, he was held up by Prime Minister\u003cbr\u003eR. B. Bennett as a model of rehabilitation and became a regular guest at\u003cbr\u003eToronto police picnics. All the while, however, Ryan continued a crime spree on\u003cbr\u003ethe side. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith skepticism, humour and an often scathing\u003cbr\u003eexamination of his own profession, journalist Jim Brown tells the incredible\u003cbr\u003estory of \"Red\" Ryan, a larger-than-life criminal whose fame and legend were\u003cbr\u003emuch encouraged by the media, leading to deadly results.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Collins\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/19\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781443450102\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 5.40w x 0.80d","brand":"Jim Brown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52209984700597,"sku":"9781443450102","price":15.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_cb053ff4-4aad-408e-9547-8cdacc29fb1b.jpg?v=1770131921","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-golden-boy-of-crime-the-almost-certainly-true-story-of-norman-red-ryan-9781443450102","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}