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Unlocking Adventure: The Autobiography of a World-famous Locksmith
Charles Courtney's fingers (which have been insured for $100,000.00) have led him into adventures as fantastic, entertaining, and nerve-tingling as any in our day. Mr. Courtney is the world's highest paid safe-cracker. His jobs take him wherever there is a safe no one else can crack. The safes of Kaiser Wilhelm, the chests that held the crown jewels of the Romanoffs, the s
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Hardcover
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335 pages
Published
1942
by Whittlesey House
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The writing style is dated, reminiscent of the crime story in the
Sunday News
, but still a good read as a "true adventure" story. I noticed only one error in my area of expertise on page 99 where the author describes Linus Yale, Sr.'s, first quaint little lock shop surrounded by a white picket fence saying that it was located in Middletown, Connecticut. While Linus Yale, Sr., was born in Connecticut, his quaint little lock shop was located in New York.
A couple anecdotes were a little vague if y ...more
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