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The Golden Boy of Crime: The Almost Certainly True Story of Norman "Red" Ryan | Jim Brown
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For readers of The Devil in the White City and The Massey Murder, the incredible story of Norman Red Ryanthe Jesse James of Canada and the Kardashian of the 1920s and 30s Dubbed the Jesse James of Canada, Norman Red Ryan was infamous in the 1920s and 30s until he was gunned down in an attempted robbery in Sarnia, Ontario. Ernest Hemingway wrote about Ryans escape from Kingston Penitentiary for the Toronto Star, Morley Callaghan based a novel on him and stories of Ryan and his crimes filled newspapers and airwaves. One of the first Canadians to be granted parole, he was held up by Prime Minister R. B. Bennett as a model of rehabilitation and became a regular guest at Toronto police picnics. All the while, however, Ryan was continuing a crime spree on the side. Jim Brown, filmmaker and CBC Radio host, tells the incredible true story of Red Ryan, a larger-than-life criminal whose fame and legend were much encouraged by the mediahe was the Kardashian of the timeand whose story endures.
Selling copies of CBC radio personality Jim Brown‘s new book, The Golden Boy of Crime, at his Wordfest appearance. This bio tells the story of Norman “Red” Ryan, notorious bank robber and often called Canada‘s Jesse James.