pickA very entertaining look at some not so notorious thieves, con men, gamblers and murderers. They were big news in their time, but now are mostly forgotten.
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Villains, Scoundrels, and Rogues: Incredible True Tales of Mischief and Mayhem | 
pickA very entertaining look at some not so notorious thieves, con men, gamblers and murderers. They were big news in their time, but now are mostly forgotten.
"At the dawn of the twentieth century, white Protestant Americans feared being overrun by immigrants from southern and eastern Europe, people who traditionally had large families. Groups such as the Race Betterment Foundation and the American Eugenics Society stoked those fears by suggesting that the superior traits of industrious Anglo-Saxons were being undermined by the lazy, degenerate masses showing up on their shores."
#soundsfamiliar
