Wanted: Gentleman Bank Robber
by
Dane Batty
Order:
USA
Can
Nish Publishing, 2010 (2010)
Softcover
Reviewed by Mary Ann Smyth
I
f you ever thought of robbing a bank,
Wanted: Gentleman Bank Robber
makes a handy textbook for the course
Bank Robbery 101
.
T
his small book is written by a nephew of a genuine bank robber as well as by the criminal himself, Leslie Ibsen Rogge. I have to admit I enjoyed the story but had to keep reminding myself that this book is non-fiction.
R
ogge spent years robbing banks while on the run from authorities. He prides himself on being non-violent – although he threatened to shoot any bank employee who stood in his way. That's cutting a fine line as to whether it counts as violence.
S
omehow he seemed to want readers to believe that what he did was just something he needed to do to live. Just all in a day's work! He eluded law enforcement for years, many of them spent in the company of his third wife.
O
n the
Top Ten Wanted
list of the FBI, Rogge now resides in a federal penitentiary with a 65 year sentence in front of him. He lived the high life and has paid a big price. My take on it all is that Rogge is an intelligent man but not so smart.
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