Bandit: A Portrait of Ken Leishman

by Wayne Tefs

Book Overview

In 1966, Ken Leishman stepped onto the Winnipeg Airport tarmac and into the pages of Canadian history as the mastermind behind the country's largest gold theft. Known as the "flying bandit" or the "gentleman bandit," Leishman had already gained Dillinger-esque notoriety as a bank robber, when he stole the public's imagination with his last great exploit: brazenly - and politely - holding up a bank in Toronto.

Regarded as a Robin Hood-like...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0888013779
• ISBN13: 9780888013774
• Release Date: April 2011
• Publisher: Turnstone Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.4"