The Beatle Bandit av Nate Hendley

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<b>The sensational true story of how a bank robber killed a man in a wild shootout, sparking a national debate around gun control and the death penalty.<br/><br/>WINNER of the 2022 Brass Knuckles Award for Best Nonfiction Crime Book</b><br/><br/>On July 24, 1964, twenty-four-year-old Matthew Kerry Smith disguised himself with a mask and a Beatle wig, hoisted a semi-automatic rifle, then held up a bank in North York, Ontario.<br/><br/> The intelligent but troubled son of a businessman and mentally ill mother, Smith was a navy veteran with a young Indigenous wife and a hazy plan for violent revolution.<br/><br/> Outside the bank, Smith was confronted by Jack Blanc, a former member of the Canadian and Israeli armies, who brandished a revolver. During a wild shootout, Blanc was killed, and Smith escaped ¿ only to become the object of the largest manhunt in the history of the Metropolitan Toronto Police Force.<br/><br/> Dubbed ¿The Beatle Bandit,¿ Smith was eventually captured, tried, and s