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Author Bledsoe, Erin, author.

Title The Forty Elephants / Erin Bledsoe.

Edition First edition.
Publication Info. Ashland, OR : Blackstone Publishing, 2022.
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b3000348~S1
Location Call No. Status
 95th Street Adult Fiction  F BLEDSOE    AVAILABLE
 Naper Blvd. Adult Fiction  F BLEDSOE    AVAILABLE
 Nichols Adult Fiction  F BLEDSOE    DUE 05-15-24
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Description 299 pages ; 24 cm
Note "Inspired by the true story of Alice Diamond and the Forty Elephants, the first all-female gang of London"--Jacket
Summary In 1920s London, pickpocket Alice Diamond scrambles to survive in her gritty neighborhood. With her father in prison and her brother in debt to a crime syndicate, she struggles to protect her father's territory. Recruited by Mary Carr, Alice joins a female gang, the Forty Elephants, and tastes success. But it's not long before she wants more--no matter the cost.
Subject Diamond, Alice, 1896-1952 -- Fiction.
Female gangs -- Fiction.
Female offenders -- Fiction.
Shoplifting -- Fiction.
Organized crime -- Fiction.
Criminals -- Fiction.
Nineteen twenties -- Fiction.
London (England) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.
Genre Historical fiction.
Biographical fiction.
Added Title 40 elephants
ISBN 9781665019897 (hardcover)
1665019891 (hardcover)
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