Ebook: Gentle Johnny Ramensky: the Extraordinary True Story of the Safe Blower Who Became a War Hero

COVER; TITLE; BY THE SAME AUTHOR; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; CONTENTS; QUOTE; 1 THE HARD LIFE; 2 FIRST STEPS ALONG THE CROOKED PATH; 3 JAILBIRD JOHNNY; 4 HUNTED DOWN; 5 A JAILHOUSE LAWYER; 6 TO SERVE KING AND COUNTRY; 7 THE GREEN BERET; 8 TOO LATE TO GO STRAIGHT; 9 ON THE RUN AGAIN; 10 A GIRL CALLED LILY; 11 RECORD-BREAKING JAILBREAKER; 12 A BAR-L BREAK-IN FOR A CHANGE ... ; 13 ROUGH JUSTICE; 14 THE CURIOUS CARFIN INCIDENT IN THE NIGHT; 15 CIVVY STREET; 16 AMONG FRIENDS; 17 A BOOK BURNING; 18 LOVE LETTERS; 19 HEADING FOR A FALL; 20 GAME OVER; APPENDIX; CATEGORY: HIGH RISK OF ESCAPE; INDEX; COPYRIGHT.;Throughout an astonishing criminal career, Johnny Ramensky was the foremost safe-blower of his era. His exploits and audacious escapes from maximum security prisons also helped make him a household name? admired by some, notorious to others. But when the Second World War broke out, Ramensky joined the elite Commandos and his story became legend. Peacetime had brought Johnny Ramensky a hard upbringing in the Gorbals, a life of crime and long years in jail. War brought him the chance to serve his country and a new use.