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Norco '80: The True Story of the Most Spectacular Bank Robbery in American History by Peter Houlahan [Houlahan, Peter] is a history book available to read on EtoBox.

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5 young men. 32 destroyed police vehicles. 1 spectacular bank robbery. This "cinematic" true crime story transports readers to the scene of one of the most shocking bank heists in U.S. history--a crime that's almost too wild to be real (The New York Times Book Review). Norco '80 tells the story of how five heavily armed young men--led by an apocalyptic born-again Christian--attempted a bank robbery that turned into one of the most violent criminal events in U.S. history, forever changing the face of American law enforcement. Part action thriller and part courtroom drama, this Edgar Award finalist for Best Fact Crime transports the reader back to the Southern California of the 1970s, an era of predatory evangelical gurus, doomsday predictions, megachurches, and soaring crime rates, with the threat of nuclear obliteration looming over it all. In this riveting true story, a group of landscapers transforms into a murderous gang of bank robbers armed to the teeth with military-grade weapons. Their desperate getaway turns the surrounding towns into war zones. And when it's over, three are dead and close to twenty wounded; a police helicopter has been forced down from the sky, and thirty-

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Author

Peter Houlahan [Houlahan, Peter]

Publisher

Counterpoint

Published

2019

Language

EN

Category

history

Subjects

History, Humanities

Rating

4.5 / 5 (1,028 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14