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Diamond Doris : the true story of the world's most notorious jewel thief / Doris Payne with Zelda Lockhart.
"In the ebullient spirit of Ocean's 8, The Heist, and Thelma & Louise, a sensational and entertaining memoir of the world's most notorious jewel thief--a woman who defied society's prejudices and norms to carve her own path, stealing from elite jewelers to live her dreams." --Publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780062917997
- ISBN: 0062917994
- Physical Description: xi, 262 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2019]
- Copyright: ©2019
Content descriptions
| Formatted Contents Note: | Prologue : Mined, April 1956 -- Part I : Color. I wasn't born a jewel thief ; Greed ; My declaration of war ; Mr. Benjamin -- Part II : Clarity. Trickster in practice ; Finding my way out ; My first big heist ; Hot ice, cold feet ; Making good on my crimes ; Taking things to the next level ; Racial backfire ; It's who you know, but you don't own me ; Family ties and known associates -- Part III : Cut. Going international ; Diamond fever ; Returning to baby Jesus ; Fault line ; Off my game ; Throwing dust at disaster -- Part IV : Carat. Snared ; Telling people what they want to hear ; Tokyo diamonds and the mohair coat ; The long game ; Dry snitches ; Reckoning. |
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| Subject: | Payne, Doris, 1930- Jewel thieves > United States > Biography. Jewel thieves > United States > 20th century. |
| Genre: | Autobiographies. |
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