Dapper and Deadly: The True Story of Black Charlie Harris. Now from Taylor Pensoneau, the author of Brothers Notorious: The Sheltons, comes the long-awaited inside story of the last of Southern Illinois' fabled lawbreakers.
Pensoneau leaves no stone unturned in a complete portrait of the man credited for the downfall of the Sheltons, the legendary gangster brothers from Southern Illinois. And using FBI files, he covers from start to finish the sensational double murder that landed Harris on the FBI's "Ten Most Wanted" list before his conviction and imprisonment for the crime. Harris' rose from an obscure farm boy to a holy terror in a lifetime of crime that made him a fixture as front page news. The chapters of his intriguing life are revealed in a detailed and fast-moving narrative that leaves readers wishing the saga never came to an end.