Gentle Johnny Ramensky : the Extraordinary True Story of the Safe Blower Who Became a War Hero

COVER; TITLE; BY THE SAME AUTHOR; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; CONTENTS; QUOTE; 1 THE HARD LIFE; 2 FIRST STEPS ALONG THE CROOKED PATH; 3 JAILBIRD JOHNNY; 4 HUNTED DOWN; 5 A JAILHOUSE LAWYER; 6 TO SERVE KING AND COUNTRY; 7 THE GREEN BERET; 8 TOO LATE TO GO STRAIGHT; 9 ON THE RUN AGAIN; 10 A GIRL CALLED LILY; 11 RECORD-BREAKING JAILBREAKER; 12 A BAR-L BREAK-IN FOR A CHANGE ... ; 13 ROUGH JUSTICE; 14 THE CURIOUS CARFIN INCIDENT IN THE NIGHT; 15 CIVVY STREET; 16 AMONG FRIENDS; 17 A BOOK BURNING; 18 LOVE LETTERS; 19 HEADING FOR A FALL; 20 GAME OVER; APPENDIX; CATEGORY: HIGH RISK OF ESCAPE; INDEX; COPYRIGHT.;Throughout an astonishing criminal career, Johnny Ramensky was the foremost safe-blower of his era. His exploits and audacious escapes from maximum security prisons also helped make him a household name? admired by some, notorious to others. But when the Second World War broke out, Ramensky joined the elite Commandos and his story became legend. Peacetime had brought Johnny Ramensky a hard upbringing in the Gorbals, a life of crime and long years in jail. War brought him the chance to serve his country and a new use. The astonishing tale of a boy reared in the poverty of the Gorbals who became one of the world's most extraordinary safe blowers. He spent more than 40 years in jail. A daring escaper, he broke out of Scotland's grim prison fortress of Peterhead five times - three times in one year. The astonishing tale of a boy reared in the poverty of the Gorbals who became one of the worldAEs most extraordinary safe blowers. He spent more than 40 years in jail. A daring escaper, he broke out of ScotlandAEs grim prison fortress of Peterhead five times u three times in one year! A likeable rogue, he was a gentle man who in peacetime shrank from violence. But he served his country with exceptional bravery and skill in the Second World War. Recruited into the Commandos, he was parachuted behind enemy lines to break into the safes of the German High Command to steal vital documents from Rommel and Goering. Back in civvy street he could not resist a return to the excitement of roaming darkened rooftops and - breaking open the toughest of safes. Tragically he was behind bars when he died, by then a true Scottish legend Throughout an astonishing criminal career, Johnny Ramensky was the foremost safe-blower of his era. His exploits and audacious escapes from maximum security prisons also helped make him a household name - admired by some, notorious to others. But when the Second World War broke out, Ramensky joined the elite Commandos and his story became legend. Peacetime had brought Johnny Ramensky a hard upbringing in the Gorbals, a life of crime and long years in jail. War brought him the chance to serve his country and a new use for his expertise in explosives. Time after time he would show exceptional bravery as he was parachuted behind enemy lines to blow open the safes of Rommel, Goering and the German High Command. His mission was to secure documents vital to the war effort and it brought him the danger and excitement he had always craved. Gentle Johnny Ramensky is the remarkable story of a boy reared in poverty who became one of the world's most extraordinary safe-blowers both as a criminal and as a war hero who wore the Green Beret with pride. "Gentle Johnny Ramensky is the astonishing tale of a boy reared in the poverty of the Gorbals who became one of the world's most extraordinary safe blowers. He spent more than forty years in jail. A daring escaper, he broke out of Scotland's grim prison fortress of Peterhead five times - three times in one year! A likeable rogue, he was a gentle man who in peacetime shrank from violence. But he served his country with exceptional bravery and skill in the Second World War. Recruited into the Commandos, he was parachuted behind enemy lines to break into the safes of the German High Command to steal vital documents from Rommel and Goering. Back in civvy street he could not resist a return to the excitement of roaming darkened rooftops and breaking open the toughest of safes. Tragically he was behind bars when he died, by then a true Scottish legend."--Publisher's description.