In his first novel, J.R. Moehringer writes from the point of view of Willie Sutton, whom he calls the "greatest American robber." Moehringer says... 'Sutton': America's 1920s, Bank-Robbing 'Robin Hood ...

Percy Sutton, who died over the week end at 89, was a trailblazer. He may not have been the first African-American to hold political office in New York, but his 11 years as Manhattan borough president ...

Few are the Americans, few are the New Yorkers, who rise to overcome as Percy Ellis Sutton did. Even fewer are those who leave as profound a stamp as this son of a slave whose determination and deeds ...