{"product_id":"the-big-red-fox-the-incredible-story-of-norman-red-ryan-canadas-most-notorious-criminal-paperback","title":"The Big Red Fox: The Incredible Story of Norman Red Ryan, Canada's Most Notorious Criminal - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePeter McSherry\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e Short-listed for the 2000 Arthur Ellis Award for Best Non-Fiction\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNorman \"Red\" Ryan was a notorious bank robber, safecracker, and killer. He escaped from Kingston Penitentiary twice - first by force, and then years later by gulling the credulous into believing that he was \"reformed.\" The dupes of Ryan's second emancipation included the prison's Roman Catholic chaplain, several nationally prominent citizens, the country's largest newspaper, and, ultimately, R.B. Bennett, the prime minister of Canada, who made the mistake of arranging a \"political parole\" for Ryan.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSix people - three of them innocent victims - died as a result of Red Ryan's freedom. Dubbed \"the Jesse James of Canada\" and \"Canada's most notorious criminal,\" Ryan had compiled a record of nineteen convictions for crimes of theft and violence, and had been in nine shooting affrays with police and citizens. He was a \"lifer\" in an era when \"life\" meant just that. Yet he got out of Kingston after just eleven and a half years and returned to Toronto, the city of his birth, amid fanfare befitting a national hero. His death in a liquor store robbery in Sarnia on May 23, 1936, just ten months after his release, was a huge jolt to Canada, and especially Toronto.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHow could such an obvious threat to society be paroled from prison as a paragon of reform? This question is central to \u003cem\u003eThe Big Red Fox\u003c\/em\u003e. The answer lies not with Ryan himself - not even the cunning and deceitful Red Ryan could have hoodwinked his way out of a life sentence - but with those who helped him, and who benefited from his release.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e McSherry's checkered career has equipped him with an extraordinary insight into the street, crime, and criminals. He has been a high school teacher, a truck driver, a taxi driver, and a freelance writer. \u003ci\u003eThe Big Red Fox\u003c\/i\u003e is the product of McSherry's many years of research and his lifetime of interest in Norman \"Red\" Ryan.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.48 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 01, 1999\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52909111017696,"sku":"9781550023244","price":25.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/5909\/4496\/files\/f9HatE8mH29781550023244.webp?v=1781609910","url":"https:\/\/improvedinc.myshopify.com\/products\/the-big-red-fox-the-incredible-story-of-norman-red-ryan-canadas-most-notorious-criminal-paperback","provider":"Improved Improper Input Inc.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}