Rare books are, obviously, valuable. And that means people want to steal them, often in ridiculous ways. Sometimes in huge quantities, sometimes over huge amounts of time. This is the tale of three big book heists that are almost as irritating as Elizabeth's pronunciations of just about everything.

Thus Spoke the Lady Bandit: Pearl Hart
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A Bit of a Sticky Wicket: the Crimes of Allen Stanford
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Too Mean to Swab Hell's Kitchen: The Battle Row Ladies' Social and Athletic Club
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